Tag: Robert Scotland
Boat in distress drifts ashore while search underway
(CNS): Three young men who had been aboard a 14-foot aluminum boat that had been reported as in distress in the North Sound Monday evening are safe and well, police have said. The boat’s engine had apparently cut out, and at the time the distress call was made the vessel was drifting with one person […]
Rookie coastguard officers begin training
(CNS): Six women and ten men began training this week for the most recent arm of Cayman’s ever-growing uniform branches of government. The Cayman Islands Coast Guard started its first ever recruit programme following a summer recruitment drive, which whittled down 300 Caymanian applicants to the 16 who have now begun this eight-week training course. […]
CIG unveils new border control and coast guard leaders
(CNS): Government has confirmed that Caymanians will be heading up the Customs and Border Control Agency and the Cayman Islands Coast Guard as the two new units begin to take shape. The current collector of customs, Charles Clifford, will be the director of the new border agency, which will oversee both the immigration and customs […]
Scotland to step into Howell’s boots
(CNS): Superintendent Robert Scotland has taken over the responsibility for Uniform and District Operations in the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service, taking over from Angelique Howell, who has taken a leave of absence to complete her articles with a private law firm, having recently completed her law degree. Scotland, who has been in the police service for […]