"We will probably never know what we have lost at the announcement that these two Police officers were going to be made redundant.'' -- Mr. Scott on the redundancies of Assistant Commissioner Mr. Wayne Perinchief and Supt. George Rose.

"I think we got two very good professional men. I have looked at this very carefully and I can tell you we have got the best out of England.'' -- Home Affairs Minister Mr. Quinton Edness on the appointments of Commissioner Mr.

Colin Coxall and Deputy Commissioner Mr. Michael Mylod "We tend to think that some of the strategies that worked in the past will continue to work in the future. We see it in tourism, we see it in business and we see it in some institutions. In his report, Judge (Stephen) Tumim suggested that we are years behind in the area of policing.'' -- Finance Minister Grant Gibbons "The Government has for years been playing around with the Police Force. It would bring in officers from Cyprus, Palestine and every other war zone it could find, and the attitudes came with them. There was always a certain air of terror and colonial dislike.'' -- Mrs. Lois Browne Evans (PLP) "We're not talking about a whole plethora of foreigners coming in here and making a mercenary force out of our Service. We're talking about two individuals who are here on contracts -- one for two years and one for three years. -- Premier David Saul