JACQUELINE E. VANTERPOOL
Road Town,Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Summary
Senior policing executive with more than 34 years of progressive service within the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF), including service as Acting Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, Superintendent and Chief Inspector. Extensive strategic and operational command experience spanning organisational transformation, national security, intelligence-led policing, serious and organised crime, financial management, maritime and border security, community policing, professional standards, workforce development and multi-agency public safety. As Acting Commissioner, held executive responsibility for the strategic, operational and financial management of the Force while leading key HMICFRS-driven reforms and strengthening organisational capability, accountability and public confidence.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
ACTING COMMISSIONER OF POLICE
Royal Virgin Islands Police Force
10.2024 - 11.2025
- Held executive responsibility for the strategic, operational and financial leadership of the RVIPF during a period of significant organisational reform and senior leadership transition.
- Led implementation of key HMICFRS-driven reforms, including restructuring intelligence functions to establish distinct overt and covert leadership arrangements in keeping with Recommendation No. 50, while advancing wider organisational modernisation and accountability measures.
- Held responsibility for financial management and resource stewardship across an annual Force budget of approximately $28.85 million, overseeing budgeting, financial reporting, compliance and resource allocation; assumed direct financial oversight during a period without a Financial Controller.
- Directed intelligence-led operations targeting serious and organised crime; during January–September 2025, the Force recovered 18 firearms and 1,146 rounds of ammunition while targeted investigative activity disrupted organised criminal networks.
- Expanded the Financial Crime Unit to 16 posts, strengthening legal, investigative and analytical capacity and supporting enhanced financial-crime and asset-recovery capability.
- Implemented a Force-wide Community Policing Strategy supported by officer training, community patrols, town halls, school outreach and expanded public engagement.
- Directed workforce and succession planning, strengthening recruitment, leadership development, promotion and performance-management arrangements, while advancing professional standards, ethical governance and internal accountability.
- Advanced maritime, border and port-security capability, cross-agency security collaboration, and legislative and policy reform addressing emerging policing and national-security requirements.
- Royal Virgin Islands Police Force | 11 October 2024 – 19 November 2025 | Additional acting appointments in 2026
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE
Royal Virgin Islands Police Force
01.2018 - Current
- Provided executive leadership across strategic planning, operational capability, workforce management, organisational development and policing reform, including delivery of the Revised Strategic Plan 2024–2028 and Force annual reporting.
- Exercised executive oversight of specialist capabilities including Criminal Investigations, Marine, Armed Response, Road Policing and Special Investigations; increased Marine Unit capacity and supported training in navigation, seamanship, maritime safety, and board-and-search operations.
- Advanced workforce reforms encompassing recruitment, vetting, promotion, performance management, officer wellbeing, training and succession planning, while strengthening community policing and professional standards.
- Repeatedly appointed Acting Commissioner of Police from 2021 onward, providing executive command and organisational continuity during periods of leadership transition.
- Substantively appointed 1 November 2022
SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE
Royal Virgin Islands Police Force
01.2016 - 01.2021
- Led frontline and territorial policing, major investigations and operational command across the Virgin Islands, with responsibility for police stations, operational units, resource deployment and major incidents.
- Directed the Force Structural Review programme and redevelopment of the Community Policing Strategy, supporting organisational modernisation and stronger stakeholder engagement.
- Served as Silver Commander during a major flooding emergency and as Operational Commander for a large-scale Territory protest; also directed policing responses following Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
- Completed a professional secondment with Sussex Police, United Kingdom, gaining exposure to UK policing practice, public-order management and executive command.
CHIEF INSPECTOR – VIRGIN GORDA / CID / FAMILY & JUVENILE
Royal Virgin Islands Police Force
01.2002 - 01.2016
- Achieved a reported 42% reduction in crime as District Commander through intelligence-led policing, targeted interventions and community engagement.
- Strengthened investigation and multi-agency safeguarding of domestic violence, sexual offences, child protection and vulnerable-person cases; multi-agency work was associated with an approximately 50% increase in conviction outcomes for domestic violence and sexual offences.
- Strengthened investigations and multi-agency safeguarding for domestic violence, sexual offences, child protection, and vulnerable-person cases, contributing to approximately 50% increase in conviction outcomes for domestic violence and sexual offences.
- Developed investigative protocols and case-management approaches while forging partnerships across prosecution, social services, healthcare, and education to enhance victim-centred policing and safeguarding outcomes.
Education
Master of Public Administration -
University of Texas Permian Basin
01.2022
Master’s Degree - Business Management / Organisational Leadership
Michigan State University
01.2021
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice
Ashworth College
01.2016
Associate Degree - Human Services
H. Lavity Stoutt Community College
Associate Degree - Criminal Justice
Ashworth College
01.2006
Doctoral Studies - Biblical Studies / Pastoral Counselling
Liberty University
09.2026
Skills
- Strategic & Operational Command
- HMICFRS Reform & Organisational Transformation
- Financial Management & Resource Stewardship
- Intelligence-Led Policing
- Serious & Organised Crime
- Financial Crime
- National Security
- Maritime, Border & Port Security
- Community Policing
- Workforce & Succession Planning
- Multi-Agency Crisis Management
- Multi-Agency Gold Incident Command (MAGIC)
- Command Structure & National Decision Model
- Police Leadership Programme – Stage 5 (Executive Leaders), In Progress
- Sussex Police Secondment – UK
- ACCP Executive Engagement
- IACP Executive Engagement
- Professional Standards & Ethics
Timeline
ACTING COMMISSIONER OF POLICE
Royal Virgin Islands Police Force
10.2024 - 11.2025
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE
Royal Virgin Islands Police Force
01.2018 - Current
SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE
Royal Virgin Islands Police Force
01.2016 - 01.2021
CHIEF INSPECTOR – VIRGIN GORDA / CID / FAMILY & JUVENILE
Royal Virgin Islands Police Force
01.2002 - 01.2016
Doctoral Studies - Biblical Studies / Pastoral Counselling
Liberty University
Associate Degree - Criminal Justice
Ashworth College
Associate Degree - Human Services
H. Lavity Stoutt Community College
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice
Ashworth College
Master’s Degree - Business Management / Organisational Leadership
Michigan State University
Master of Public Administration -
University of Texas Permian Basin
Personal Information
Title: Senior Policing Executive | Strategic Command | Organisational Transformation | National Security
Executive Training & Professional Development
- Strategic Command Course – College of Policing, Ryton, UK
- Strategic Gold Firearms Commander’s Course
- Multi-Agency Gold Incident Command (MAGIC)
- Senior Investigating Officer Training
- Police Leadership Programme – Stage 5 (Executive Leaders), In Progress
- Sussex Police Secondment – UK
- ACCP Executive Engagement
- IACP Executive Engagement