Dickie Bradley says Public Service Must Be Part of Procurement ReformWho is watching the public purse? Former public officer and attorney Richard “Dickie” Bradley says the case points to a much larger problem inside Belize’s public service. Bradley, who has held several senior government posts, told us today that reform must start with strengthening the public officers entrusted with protecting taxpayers’ money. Richard “Dickie” Bradley, Former Public Officer“Couldn’t happen without the public service. That is something which by, by very nature, the public service are the protectors, are the safeguard of the public purse.