Personal Assistant to the President, Tommy Massaquoi, has joined growing public sympathy for Police Constable 9273 Lucinda N. Dick, whose resignation from the Sierra Leone Police after 23 years without promotion has gone viral.
In a statement issued on social media, titled “WORD SERIES”, Massaquoi said he was deeply moved by the constable’s letter, describing her stagnation in one rank since 13th December 2003 as heartbreaking.
“Yesterday my heart stood with Police Constable 9273 Lucinda N. Dick, whose letter has moved many souls. To serve this nation for 23 solid years since 13th December 2003 and remain in the same rank is not just painful, it is heartbreaking,” Massaquoi wrote.
PC Dick, with PIN Code 22010 attached to Daru Police Station, tendered her resignation on 8th October 2026, effective 15th October 2026, citing lack of promotion, provocation from colleagues, and pressing family issues.
Massaquoi, himself a former police officer, hailed her courage to resign with dignity as “an act of bold faith,” noting that her voice now speaks for many silent heroes and heroines in uniform.
The Presidential Aide made a passionate appeal to the leadership of the Sierra Leone Police to immediately review her records.
“I passionately appeal that her file be brought up immediately and thoroughly reviewed to confirm that there are no disciplinary or policing concerns against her, and that the needful be done without delay. Let justice roll like a river and let recognition locate her now,” he appealed.
He argued that promotion should be decentralised and Local Unit Commanders (LUCs) empowered to recommend deserving personnel under their command.
“As a former police officer, it is my considered view that promotion must be decentralised across our nation. Local Unit Commanders who see daily sacrifice must be trusted to recommend their personnel. This reform is urgent not only for the police but for some other state institutions where loyal service is possibly overlooked.”
“Honour must always meet service while it still matters,” he concluded.
His intervention comes amid widespread public debate on police welfare, with many Sierra Leoneans calling on the Inspector General of Police to intervene and halt PC Dick’s resignation.