Women dominate new police recruits
(CNS): Eleven new RCIPS recruits will be on the beat this week after graduating from a 16-week basic training course on Monday. The new police constables, eight women and three men, who made it to the next operational phase of the training will spend the next six months on the streets, partnered with experienced police officers, who will assist and guide them.
Superintendent Adrian Seales, Head of the Training and Development Unit, said the recruits had gone through rigorous training, ending with a final exam and will now be placed on shifts as needed.
At the graduation ceremony Police Commissioner Derek Byrne said that policing “is without doubt one of the best jobs in the world. Every single day is different. You are out there helping people in so many ways, making a difference to people’s lives.” He directed them to be consistent in carrying out their duties and to always do the right thing.
“Consistency is comparable to integrity, doing the right thing all of the time, even when no one is watching. Be competent. Enhance your credibility by demonstrating good common sense, sound judgement, technical abilities and professionalism,” he said.
Governor Martyn Roper, who was also at the event, said that most members of the community wanted and needed them because their work would make a difference in people’s lives. “I sincerely hope you will follow your responsibilities with integrity and pride as we continue to build a world class civil service,” he said, as he congratulated and thanked them for joining the service.
PC Justina Anderson was chosen by the graduating class to give the recruits’ response. Special awards went to five recipients who excelled in various areas during training.
- Best Academic Achievement Award – PC Shanique Frater
- The Resilience Award – PC Angelita Durrant
- The Team Spirit Award – PC La-Vann Sheriffe
- Best Drill and Deportment – PC Thalia Naranjo
- Overall Outstanding Student – PC Shawn Dsouza.
Category: Crime, Jobs, Local News, Police
Glad to hear we have more women joining RCIPS, are any Caymanian?
People constantly complain about the make-up of RCIPS, the fact that years ago when Caymanians were EAGER to join and many told they couldn’t police their own.
Where does that same logic apply when the majority of workers and ‘new Caymanians’ are Jamaican so they are policing their own in ANOTHER country.
If we can’t elect people to understand the impact of these types of hiring practices in a BOTC then we are facing hard times from a majority of people who historically DO NOT LIKE CAYMANIANS AND BRITISH
and have played the UK against Caymanians, constantly whining they’re not liked while they take control of crucial areas in the country… law, education, health so don’t say these are areas that can’t be filled by Caymanians or even British (those loyal to our way of life, not simply Jamaicans coming on their British nationality.) Interestingly many of the honest hardworking African Jamaicans continue to be that while the greedy (including Asian, Syrian Jamaicans) use the nationality to gain key positions in civil service, banking, and even politics).
The points stated are a general view of manipulation taking place and the references to nationality are used for illustration NOT in a racist or xenophobic manner, but to point out how weak our leaders have become to not stand up for their generational Caymanians first and put aside the demands of secret societies, greedy corporate interests and the real racist people in our community who don’t care to be fair to anyone, especially Caymanians.
So again, congrats to the new candidates and I pray we have Caymanians willing to review why so many of our officers are coming mainly from one country, and the constant recruitment drive is alarming.
Because 845PM that’s exactly how the UK wants it! And is exactly how a COLONIAL POWER controls the native population and has done so for over 800 years!We Should try and go to JAMAICA and attempt this same program i seriously doubt we would be alive to talk about it!
800 years? Only half of that bobo. Pick up a history book.
Can somebody tell me why 90% of the police force are Jamaican?
Because they know how to deal with animals
Because Caymanian men are raised up to be afraid of work.
Because Jamaica is a part of the commonwealth and the same laws and constitution applies to both Caribbean countries as written by the highest human rights courts in Europe, hopefully their properly trained as civil servants and not just as armed security for the elite.
Rather we have British cops, anyday, if a Caymanian cannot be found to properly fill the role.
Hope they got educated on one’s human rights with personal liberty and security and don’t become tyrants with their 3rd world mentality in the queen’s land.
Hopefully they all volunteer for Traffic Duty and are issued a Radar Gun to enforce the traffic law as to protect their families from certain death at the hands of an uneducated imported laborer operating a vehicle to the job site.
A hint: Fairbanks Rd and the by passes.
“Women Dominate New Police Recruits”
I’m sure there was some other way to phrase that, CNS…
don’t make sense…the police like the rest of the civil service is already overstaffed and under performing.
read milller-shaw or e&y reports…..or any report into the civil service ever.
You do know that staff retention is an issue for the RCIPS? They will barely keep up with people leaving.
Imagine, they used to enjoy the services of true professionals like Derek Haines. After their treatment of even him, it cannot be good for anyone else.
5:28. You are stuck in the dark ages if you are referring to those old reports.
You are dealing with a world class civil service now.
Great job crew, stay focused. It not an easy job but it is one of the best job, you will make a lot of friends and enemies the same. But always do what is right by everyone. Let justice prevail.
It would be interesting to know how many failed the course and how many of the applicants were born Caymanians.
Who cares? I would just rather have a police force that acts with integrity no matter where they are from.
7.29am Caymanians care, they are always complaining about expat police and the lack of local sin the force.
You assume I am not Caymanian. Typical! When one does not agree with the status quo, then one is assumed to be expat. We are not all the same, you know. Some of us prescribe to independent thought. I don’t care whether a Police Officer is Caymanian or not. All I care about are decent Police Officers upholding the law.
Well their are a number of rejects, who can’t tie two words together to form a sentence. Shouldn’t we expect better?
That’s the thing. They don’t.
My guess is only maybe 20% “true.” The rest paper.
9.40 🙄 Good grief. There are no ‘true’ Caymanians. Just people who are less ‘driftwood’ than others.
Amen!
Guess there are no true Native Americans then. Their ancestors crossed the Bering Strait tens of thousands of years ago, so they’re foreigners just like the white man.
9.55 Why would born Caymanians join when they can become CEO of something just because of their ‘connections’?
Good luck. They’re going to need it.
A thankless task if ever there was one. Catch crooks and you’re pilloried by the scum who they associate with, don’t catch crooks with the limited resources and you’re the most inept person possible, to everyone else.
Well at least now the station should be a bit cleaner.
Because we don’t piss on the toilet seat and floor.
Sounds like a real lady.
Sounds like a real sexist.
Put the seat up when you’re done.
Great job, ladies!