Detective Chief Inspector Richard Barrow has been a member of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) for 22 years, having previously served for 5 years with the Royal Barbados Police Force.

During his career with the RCIPS he has worked in various departments including the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Uniform Section and the Training Development Unit.

As a Chief Inspector he has the distinction during his service with the RCIPS to date of assuming the role the Area Commander for all the Districts within Grand Cayman. DCI Barrow also held the role of Head of the Professional Standards Unit.

DCI Barrow holds a Degree (Hons) in law from the Cayman Islands Law School. He also successfully completed a Profession Practice Legal Certificate with the Cayman Islands Law School.

In his current role DCI Barrow is primarily aligned to two Financial Investigations teams (Domestic & International) and is also the deputy leader for approximately 100 officers engaged in specialist CID policing. He represents the RCIPS on a number of high profile strategic financial forums that are observed internationally.

DCI Barrow is an advocate for strong and effective leadership and management towards building an efficient police service.