Liberia: Firing One Officer Isn't a Security Policy. Liberia Needs a Reshuffle, Not a Press Conference
Johnny Bolar Dean was flagged as a problem in 2016. It took a recorded $10,000 bribe, inside the biggest drug case in Liberia's history, to actually remove him. That timeline alone should worry the country more than the bribe did.
- ▪Johnny Bolar Dean was flagged as a problem in 2016.
- ▪It took a recorded $10,000 bribe, inside the biggest drug case in Liberia's history, to actually remove him.
- ▪That timeline alone should worry the country more than the bribe did.
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Johnny Bolar Dean was flagged as a problem in 2016. He was flagged again in 2025. It took a recorded $10,000 bribe, inside the biggest drug case in Liberia's history, to actually remove him. That timeline alone should worry the country more than the bribe did. GIVE INSPECTOR GENERAL GREGORY COLEMAN his due: firing and interdicting Johnny Bolar Dean within what appears to have been days of learning about the bribe, saying so publicly, and promising a criminal referral is more than Liberians have often gotten from their security institutions. It's the kind of response the moment called for, and it should be acknowledged as such. BUT A SINGLE FAST FIRING IS NOT EVIDENCE that the system works. It's evidence that, this time, someone got caught.
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