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Guerrero: No discrimination under his term
Department of Public Safety Commissioner Robert A. Guerrero has assured no discrimination in terms of promotions under his command.
Guerrero said that promotions are based on the department’s need and the people who deserve it.
“It’s almost a year now that we have done promotions. But we did across-the-board promotions. It wasn’t one or two,” he said.
If somebody at the department got promoted, it is because they applied for the position that they fairly earned, he said.
“But other than that, we haven’t. We did mass promotions across the board to everybody,” he said.
Guerrero discussed promotion practices when asked for comments pertaining to police captain Lawrence M. Camacho’s lawsuit, accusing DPS and the Civil Service Commission of discriminating against him by not selecting him to the post of police director despite being qualified for the position.
Guerrero said the issue raised by Camacho happened before his time so he does not know much about that case.
Guerrero said if there is indeed a deficient system that will come out from that case, it’s going to be lesson-learned for the department.
“I want to make sure that it doesn’t re-occur,” he said.
Guerrero said people are free to talk to any officers and ask their opinion on how the promotions have been implemented under his term.
