Minister urges young people to join safety services
(CNS): As Cayman marked the 19th anniversary of Hurricane Ivan striking Grand Cayman and the US marked the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 attack, Home Affairs Minister Sabrina Turner stressed the importance to the community of the men and women who serve in public safety and uniformed jobs. Sabrina Turner urged young people to consider a career in the services, which are at the heart of society.
“Your country needs you,” Turner said in a message, where she also thanked those who already work in uniform and public safety roles, from the 911 call centre to the coastguard.
“As we grow as a nation, we will need more strong, intelligent men and women to join the ranks of our uniformed and public safety services. Whether you are just beginning to choose your subject options for high school or want to change career paths, there are many worthwhile and progressive opportunities right here on our shores for you.”
Turner said she was proud to represent the brave men and women of the Prison Service, the Cayman Islands Regiment, the Cayman Islands Fire Service, the Department of Community Rehabilitation, the Cadet Corps and the Department of Public Safety Communications, who all collectively work to keep the country safe.
“Today seems like a perfect time to express my deepest and sincerest gratitude to these agencies for being emblems of heroism, preparedness and reliability. Thank you – as your minister and MP, as a Caymanian citizen, as a mother, as a wife,” she said.
The minister invited young Caymanians to attend a Public Safety Careers Fair at the University College of the Cayman Islands’ Sir Vassel Johnson Hall on Friday, 22 September, from 8:30am to 4:00pm.
See the minister’s video message below:
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Does she still sound like the fakest reporter when addressing people?
Cringe…
I remember the warmth and pride I felt as I was offered an old, badly fitting protective vest in the RCIPS, with a date of manufacture over a decade ago.
Sabrina should focus and cleaning up her office grounds. It has a busted up rusty half fence, grounds that flood and even garbage on the property.
Sabrina….. As clueless as ever.
I didn’t even realise she was still alive. Where the hell has she been the last 2 years?
Busy WORKING.
my ass!
These cushy govt jobs are amazing! Never get fired. No matter what you’ve done. I mean one dept alone keeps staff that are known drug dealers and promote to senior management. There are many but churned one out to become a politician. Car crashes that severely injure and maim, garden leave full pay and back to work as senior management! Allow over weight senior management staff to download explicit material on govt computers, keep at work using govt USB drives and get the rest of the day off!
Sign me up!
Minister urges young people to join safety services as Premier says civil service must stop growing.
One hand doesn’t know what the other is doing with this government!
The entire PACK is schizophrenic , no vision, no plan, can’t keep their stories straight. As grandpa used to say ” don’t know their ass from a hole in the ground”
dysfunctional and siloed Government Ministries and ministers. Everybody turn lone ranger nobody is working together!
young people have no interest in joining those services because of how corrupt they seem. they are more likely to have a drink with a perpetrator than to actually solve a case. young people are smart enough to know that there is no saving that kind of corruption.
Wait, what? This article is about hiring MORE civil servants and the article above it is calling for the civil service to STOP growing! Which is it? LOL!
Good speech Minister Turner. Bravo!
Hopefully more Caymanian Caymanians will join the safety services!
What is a Caymanian Caymanian, that is a new one on me…
the people I hear usually talking like this are the most unproductive members of Cayman.
Not a ‘Pretend’ Caymanian.
Wait.. didn’t Wayne just say we were not hiring ?
That should explain how much control he has in his PACK. I am beginning to feel sorry for him. But then again, he deserves it. How much did that amount of disrespect cost you again?
Jamaicans are ex pats right..?
I can remember when ex-pats meant ” persons from England living and working abroad in the colonies” it was never meant to include anyone else.
You couldn’t pay me enough to offer my services to corrupt crumbling institution that is the RCIPS.
Yo Sabrina… I think Wayne just said that the services need to stop growing lol whats the catch
Remember he also said ” we need to cut the budget by $ 78 + million then Minister for education said she needs $ 500, million for her high school on the Bluff. She also needs a high school in WB for the “Big Mac”. I guess he is still working on those numbers!
She still here? Try so go sit down lady.
You couldn’t pay me to work at the RCIPS anymore. Riddled with expat vs Caymanian pettiness and highly demoralizing culture.
Overpaid and underworked, though, considering they do fsck-all. Silver linings and all that.