IS GARY GRIFFITH NICKI’S COUSIN FRIEND?

BELEAGUERED Police Commissioner Gary Griffith is coming under renewed mockery for his latest rant. 

Griffith took no prisoners in his drawn-out tirade against critics of his stewardship of the police service. 

The police chief, who is under scrutiny by the authorities over the granting of firearm licences, awarding of contractors and other sensitive matters, unleashed the invective on social media. 

He criticised a parade of named and unnamed detractors of his performance and temperament. 

In doing so, he again unleashed his short-tempered disposition, one of the major reasons he has run afoul of the authorities, media, institutions and ordinary citizens over the three years of his tenure. 

One wag on social media asked, tongue-in-cheek, whether Griffith was the much-lampooned cousin friend of rapper Nicki Minaj. 

Another wrote: “Each time Gary talks or writes, he reminds us why his personality makes him unsuited to be commissioner. 

“His competence may be adequate, but his behaviour is an altogether different matter.”  

In his bluster, Griffith wrote: “The hatred and fear for my return by some is mind-boggling…” 

He criticised the civilian investigation into the granting of gun licences, saying the report was “seen by no one other than a journalist…” 

He said he would not be surprised if the report was signed by only one person and is “the personal biased view of one citizen, and not a committee, as being touted.” 

Griffith added: “I find it passing strange that a journalist could have a report so secretive in nature, and so damning with accusations, yet none of the investigative bodies has received this report.” 

He said if any of the accusations “are even remotely true,” then whoever leaked the report could be considered as committing a criminal offence under the Proceeds of Crime Act. 

Griffith said the revelations “would show that their baseless conspiracy has failed miserably…”  

He stated that the only reason he would not be re-appointed as commissioner is if there is “not a fair race”, but “a massive, well-orchestrated, clandestine mission to undermine me with lies” and using “certain media contacts in the process.”