Promotions to the ranks of Superintendent, Chief Inspector, Inspector and Sergeant have been announced today.

This follows the Gibraltar Police Authority’s approval of recommendations made to it by an Interview Board comprising representatives from the Police Service, HM Government of Gibraltar and the Gibraltar Police Authority, at the conclusion of a wider selection process.

Superintendent Wayne Tunbridge joined the Royal Gibraltar Police on the 2nd of January 1997, and during the early part of his career served within an Operational Response Team and later as a detective within the Criminal Investigation Department. As a Sergeant and Inspector, he has served within Operational Shifts, Neighbourhood Policing Unit, Criminal Investigation Department, and also completed a tenure as the Executive Director of the multi-agency Gibraltar Coordinating Centre for Criminal Intelligence and Drugs (GCID). For several years he was a member of the Firearms Dynamic Entry Unit and is one of the RGP’s designated Senior Investigating Officers.

At the time of his promotion, Superintendent Tunbridge was the Detective Chief Inspector with responsibility for all specialised units within the Crime & Protective Services Division.

Chief Inspector John Field joined the Royal Gibraltar Police on the 23rd April 1992, and during the early part of his career served within an Operational Response Team and later as a detective within the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and Drugs Squad. As a Sergeant and Inspector, he completed tenures within Operational Response Teams, Neighbourhood Policing, CID, Drugs Squad, Training and Professional Standards. At the time of his promotion, Chief Inspector Field was deployed within the multi-agency Gibraltar Coordinating Centre for Criminal Intelligence and Drugs (GCID).

Inspector Dylan QUIGLEY joined the Royal Gibraltar Police on the 29th June 2005, and during the early part of his career served within an Operational Response Team and later as a detective within the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and also the Drugs Squad. As a Sergeant, he returned to an Operational Response Team and later served as the Detective Sergeant in with CID. At the time of his promotion, Inspector QUIGLEY was the Sergeant responsible for the Drug Squad.

Sergeant Danny HOWARD joined the Royal Gibraltar Police on the 1st October 2010, and has served within Operational Response Teams and the Neighbourhood Policing Unit. At the time of his promotion, Sergeant HOWARD was serving as a detective within the Safeguarding Unit that forms part of the Crime and Protective Services Division.

Sergeant Craig PHILBIN joined the Royal Gibraltar Police on the 14th June 2013, and has served within an Operational Response Team and the Criminal Justice Unit. At the time of his promotion, Sergeant PHILBIN was serving within the Training Unit.