The Bermuda Police Service has announced the promotion of 14 officers.

Two of them — David Bhagwan and Kirley Mitchel — were among five narcotics officers cleared in December 2005 of beating convicted drugs importer Michael Madeiros.

Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner, who presided, acquitted the men after labelling Madeiros' story "weak, self contradictory, and out of reason and common sense."

Madeiros is now serving a ten-year jail sentence for conspiracy to import close to $3 million worth of marijuana.

The full list of promotions is:

Promoted to Inspector:

• Robert Cardwell: Inspector Cardwell joined the Bermuda Police Service as a Police Cadet in 1989 and was appointed to Constable in 1991 then promoted to Sergeant in 2001. He started his career in Uniform in the Eastern Division moving on to the Traffic Division and Motorcycle Patrol. Over the years he has worked on various Task Forces, the Police Support Unit (PSU) and as a Detective in Narcotics and the Criminal Investigations Department (CID).
• Terence Maxwell: Inspector Maxwell has served 27 years with the Bermuda Police Service, with nearly three years in the Wiltshire Constabulary in England. Prior to his Police career he worked for five years at H.M. Dockyard Devonport, Plymouth England, gaining Engineering City & Guilds plus HNC in Engineering and Engineering Drawing & Design. Inspector Maxwell began his career with the Bermuda Police Service in Western Uniform, transferred to the Traffic Department, Motorcycle Patrol, then to the Central Criminal Investigation Department.
• Christopher Clarke: Inspector Clarke is Barbadian and arrived in Bermuda in June 1988 after spending almost four years in the Royal Barbados Police Force. He was appointed as a Constable with the Bermuda Police Service on June 1, 1988. Inspector Clarke has worked in Central and Western Uniform, the Criminal Investigation Department and as a Parish Constable for three years before he was promoted to Sergeant on August 1, 1998. Inspector Clarke then worked in Narcotics, Central Uniform and as a Supreme Court Liaison Officer.
• Na'imah Williams: Inspector Williams joined the Bermuda Police Service in August 1994 as a Police Cadet and became an officer in August 1995, receiving an academic award on completion of her Recruit Foundation Course. Inspector Williams has worked in Traffic, the Vehicle Crime Unit, Task Force, Special Branch and Central Uniform. She was promoted to Sergeant in January 2004 and has received several Letters of Good Work as well as Merit Awards and Commendations.

Promoted to Sergeant:>

• David Bhagwan: Sergeant Bhagwan was previously a member of the Royal Anguilla Police Force. In 1994 Sergeant Bhagwan successfully completed his initial police training at the Regional Police Training Centre, Barbados. During his career with the Royal Anguilla Police Force, he worked in several departments including the Criminal Investigation Department, the Drug Task Force and the Criminal Intelligence Unit. Sergeant Bhagwan joined the Bermuda Police Service (BPS) in July 2000.
• Christopher Terry: Sergeant Terry joined the Bermuda Police Service in December 1977 and has served in the following departments: Hamilton, Eastern and Traffic Divisions, Special Branch, Prosecutions Department, Hamilton Criminal Investigation Department as well as Travel Control and the Crime Desk in the Intelligence Division.
• Michael Thomas: Sergeant Thomas joined as a Police Cadet in 1986 and has worked in Central Uniform, Traffic, the Motor Cycle Patrol Section, the Vehicle Crime Unit, Task Force, the Driver Training Unit and the Financial Investigation Unit. Sergeant Thomas is currently posted in specialist operational training.
• Ronald Taylor: Sergeant Taylor has 18 years of Police Service; he joined the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service in 1989 and served there for 11 years before joining the Bermuda Police Service in 2000. Sergeant Taylor has worked in Uniform, the Operational Policing Division and the Criminal Investigation Unit. He is currently posted to the Training Department.
• Kirley Mitchel: Sergeant Mitchel has been a Police officer for 12 years. He served six years in the Royal St. Lucia Police Force, with five of those years spent as a Drug Squad Detective. He has also attended several narcotics courses in St. Lucia. Sergeant Mitchel arrived in Bermuda on July 1, 2000 and joined the Bermuda Police Service. He has worked in the Narcotics Division and then the Vehicle Crime Unit, until his promotion on February 16, 2007.
• Kimberly Cowper: Sergeant Cowper joined the Bermuda Police Service in June 2004. Since then she has worked in Central and Western Uniform and the Police Support Unit. Following her promotion, Sergeant Cowper has been posted to the Uniform Division of the Hamilton Police Station.

Also promoted were: Inspector Charlene Thompson, Sergeant Andrew Harewood, Sergeant Allan Meiguel and Sergeant Sherwin Joseph.