ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — September 11, 2026 — The Virgin Islands Police Department continues to maintain compliance under the federal Consent Decree, earning positive remarks during its most recent quarterly court hearing.
Court monitors recognized the Department’s continued progress and the strong policies, processes, and protocols VIPD has established to support accountability, oversight, and long-term compliance.
VIPD has implemented and strengthened internal systems designed to identify concerns, monitor performance, ensure accountability, and address potential areas of non-compliance:
Commanders Call — Weekly meetings that provide Department leadership with an opportunity to review operations, identify and address concerns, ensure follow-up, and reinforce accountability throughout the organization.
Pattern and Trend Meetings — Regular reviews of data and analysis to identify patterns, trends, and areas requiring additional attention, intervention, or corrective action.
Quality Audits — Internal audits conducted to ensure policies, procedures, investigations, and documentation continue to meet established Department standards.
These processes are part of a broader effort by VIPD to ensure that the reforms implemented under the Consent Decree are not temporary measures but have become embedded in the Department’s everyday operations and organizational culture.
During the hearing, Chief Judge Robert A. Molloy acknowledged that the Virgin Islands Police Department has the capability, systems, and protocols in place to continue moving forward and indicated that there are no identified barriers preventing VIPD from reaching sustainable compliance.
“We have put the policies, processes, systems, and accountability measures in place to ensure that the agency that brought us into the Consent Decree is not the agency we are today,” said Deputy Commissioner Jason Marsh.
The VIPD remains committed to maintaining these standards beyond federal oversight and ensuring that professionalism, accountability, transparency, and constitutional policing remain at the forefront of its service to the people of the Virgin Islands.
“This is our home, our people, and our goal will and always will be to provide our community with constitutionally guided service,” said Police Commissioner Mario Brooks regarding the VIPD’s current trajectory toward substantial compliance.
The progress achieved under the Consent Decree demonstrates how far VIPD has come and reflects a fundamental transformation in the agency’s approach to professionalism, accountability, transparency, supervision, and constitutional policing.
VIPD remains committed to ensuring that the standards established through this process become a permanent part of the Department’s culture and operations and that the people of the Virgin Islands receive professional, fair, transparent, and constitutionally guided police services.
The next quarterly Consent Decree hearing is currently scheduled for December 4, 2026.
