LDEA Agents in Trouble: New Deputy Chief of Administration Vows Random Drug Tests

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LDEA Agents in Trouble: New Deputy Chief of Administration Vows Random Drug Tests

IPNEWS-Monrovia: Taking his oath of office recently at the headquarters of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency offices in Fiamah, Sinkor, the newly-appointed Deputy Director for Administration at the LDEA, Mr. Dave Jackley, says he will institute random drug test among all of his agents to ensure that drug enforcement officers desist from using drugs. “I am aware that there are agents within the Agency who use and sell drugs; I am prepared to weed them out.”

Deputy Director Jackley announced a random drug tests on all of his agents will set the basis that will ensure that those who fight drugs are clean of the act. “Who told you I don’t know that some of you are drug users, but what I am about to say you will not like it, you will not like it because I will start doing a random drug testing of officers at the DEA. If you are enforcing the drug laws you need to be sober and clean of drugs,” he stressed.

Jackley stated that officers of the DEA deserve respect from the public. “Only members of the LDEA can make the public respect them by the action of officers exhibited in the sight of the people they serve,” he indicated.

The LDEA duty boss lamented it is unfair for drug dealers to acquire more cash than they can count while honest people work hard and save their money.

He said in too many business sectors honest companies are suffering unfair competition. “Because if your rivals are laundering criminal cash there’s no way you can hope to compete with them; these are all examples of how the drug economy undermines the legitimate economy and disrupts our society,” he noted.

The new Deputy DEA boss disclosed the entity will deploy a comprehensive strategy to disrupt and dismantle drug-related criminal activities in the country. “We will track offenders via criminal law, administrative law and tax measures, and within these areas a whole range of partners are working in concert. Let me sum up, local government, the public prosecution service, the police, the tax and customs administration, the fiscal information and investigation service, the social affairs and employment inspectorate, and the military and border,” he disclosed.

He, meanwhile, warned officers of the LDEA to desist from clandestine activities with drugs dealers outside the LDEA’s office.

On his part, the Head of the National Bureau of Concessions (NBC), Mr. Edwin Dennis described the fight of drugs as a grave matter that needs devotion from the entire populace. He stressed his commitment to support and work with the LDEA to fight drugs in Liberia. He, however, disclosed that there are issues of drugs in some concessions areas in Liberia, adding, “The LDEA has the legitimate right to chase suspected drugs users when it is noticed in concession areas.”

As for the Assistant Director for Cyber Crime at the National Security Agency (NSA), Joseph Jake Brown, recommended that the LDEA invest in digitalization programs to track drug users and dealers. “Drugs dealers are now using the cyber space in their transaction so I urge the LDEA to invest in the purchase of computers and create a Cyber Unit at the LDEA that will be trained in tracking and fighting drug dealers. When this happens the NSA will be able to help you track down notorious drug dealers” Asst. Director Brown suggested.

About the New LDEA Deputy Director for Administration

The LDEA new Deputy Director for Administration, Dave Jackley is a product of the Booker T. Washington Institute in Kakata, Margibi County. He studied Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement at Salem State College in Massachusetts, United States of America. Salem State University, commonly Salem State or SSU, is a public university in Salem, Massachusetts. Established in 1854, it is the oldest institute of higher education on the North Shore and is part of the state university system in Massachusetts.

Deputy Director Jackley also studied Rehabilitation Counseling at Salve Regina University. Salve Regina University is a private, Catholic university, founded by the Sisters of Mercy. In 1934 the state of Rhode Island granted a charter for Salve Regina College, and in 1947 the stunning, 50-room mansion known as Ochre Court was gifted to the college, allowing the university to open its doors for the first time. The university became coeducational in 1973, accepting men for the first time in its history and two years later graduate programs were added.

The college gained university status in 1991 and today there are 46 undergraduate majors, 11 master’s programs, and two doctoral level courses available at Salve Regina University. Students are able to study abroad for between a semester and a year of their course, with opportunities available in more than 40 countries across the world.

Deputy Director Jackley also obtained Masters Degree in Vocational Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling at Salve Regina University.