When questioned about Dawlish, Shacklebolt released the following statement: "Dawlish was a longtime member of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and former head of Aurors. On behalf of the Ministry, I’d like to thank him for his many years of service. The past year has seen our Ministry infiltrated with corrupt and devious individuals, many of whom had direct ties to Voldemort or were otherwise cursed or Imperiused by Death Eaters. Due to unproven, but reasonable suspicions about Dawlish’s behavior in the past year, I felt it was my duty to take the Auror branch in a new direction, headed by Harry Potter. Potter has no doubt earned the position having defeated the darkest wizard of all time.