A report of a domestic dispute at the home of Assistant Police Commissioner Wayne Perinchief was deleted from the Police computer, The Royal Gazette has learned.

A photocopy of the 1991 report was leaked to The Royal Gazette by an officer who said a report of the incident had been removed from the computer "on the instructions, one can only assume, of a higher-ranking officer.'' "This is unusual because once an entry is placed on the system it remains as a permanent record,'' said the officer, who did not wish to be identified.

The incident report -- which was printed by an officer before it was deleted from the computer -- tells of a Police call to Mr. Perinchief's home on Zuills Park Road in Smiths on June 29, 1991.

The report said Mr. Perinchief's wife Stephanie suffered a cut lip and bruised knee. But no charges resulted from the incident, as Mr. Perinchief, then a Superintendent, and his wife "agreed to have (the) problem dealt with among themselves,'' the report said.

When questioned about Police policy concerning entries made in the computer, P.c. Gary Venning of Police Community and Media Relations said it would be very unusual for an entry involving a domestic dispute or any other incident to be removed.

"It would stay on,'' even if the incident did not result in an arrest or charges, P.c. Venning said. "Generally, whatever action is taken is stored on the computer and left there.'' When given the "event number'' that appeared on the copy of the incident report supplied by the officer, P.c. Venning would neither confirm nor deny that the text of the report had been deleted. But Police sources said that when the number is entered in the computer, a blank report is produced.

Mr. Perinchief did not return a telephone call from The Royal Gazette . But in a statement later released through P.c. Venning, Acting Commissioner Alex Forbes said the report of the incident was removed on the instructions of "a previous administration'' to comply with force policy.

"The policy for recording personal domestic incidents reported to Police and involving Police officers is by confidential report to the Commissioner,'' Mr.

Forbes said in a prepared statement.

Mr. Forbes was not available to answer questions about how the policy worked, whether it had been communicated verbally or in writing to officers on the force, or whether it treated Police officers differently than other citizens with respect to domestic violence.

The report says Mr. Perinchief's wife Stephanie reported "being assaulted by her husband at about 2230 hours as a result of a domestic dispute.

"Insp. (Stanley) Hill attended and spoke to both parties who have agreed to have problem dealt with among themselves,'' the report said. "Complainant had received a cut lip and bruised knee and culprit had received scratches to forearms.'' Assistant Commissioner Perinchief, along with Assistant Commissioner Harold Moniz, were recently passed over for the Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner posts at the Police department. Government has instead opted to hire two top officers from Britain.

(See `contenders' on Page 3) DELETED -- This report of a domestic dispute at the home of Assistant Police Commissioner Wayne Perinchief was deleted from the Police computer. Acting Commissioner Alex Forbes said domestic incidents involving Police officers are to be dealt with "by confidential report to the Commissioner.''