Ellison Edroy Greenslade QPM (born 24 May 1961) is a Bahamian retired police officer who was Commissioner of Police of the Royal Bahamas Police Force (2010 - 2017), and then became the Bahamas High Commissioner to the

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(United Kingdom).

Education

Greenslade was born in New Providence on 24 May 1961 and attended schools in Cedar Harbor, Abaco; Lovely Bay,

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; Kemp's Bay,

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; Knowles, Cat Island; and Stephen Dillet,

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. He graduated from S.C. McPherson Junior High and the Government High School, both in Nassau, New Providence. Upon graduation from the Police Training College, he continued studies on a part-time basis. He subsequently obtained an associate degree in Business Administration from the

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. He holds a postgraduate degree in police management and law enforcement from the

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in the United Kingdom. He also holds a

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from the

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, 1997.

Career

Greenslade joined the Senior Executive Leadership Team (SELT) of the Royal Bahamas Police Force in July 2000, when he was appointed Assistant Commissioner of policing services on

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which required him to be transferred to

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. He served in Freeport for seven years, making him the longest serving Northern Bahamas district commander. Greenslade returned to Nassau once he was appointed to the rank of Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police.

Honours

Greenslade was awarded the

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for services to policing and the community.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Greenslade, Ellison 1961 births Living people Bahamian police officers People from New Providence Chiefs of police Commonwealth recipients of the Queen's Police Medal University of the Bahamas alumni Alumni of the University of Leicester University of Miami alumni Colony of the Bahamas people

Education

Career

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