Police Recruits Attend Thanksgiving Mass Ahead of Graduation Ceremony

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Recruits of the Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda preparing for their graduation ceremony on Thursday next week, attended a Thanksging Mass at the Holy Family Catholic Cathedral on Michael’s Mount on Saturday evening at six.

The recruits were reminded by the Very Rev. Father Pierre Tevi-Bennisan, Vicar-General of the Diocese of St. John’s Basseterre of their duty of service to the people of Antigua and Barbuda. He told the recruits that their service to protect and serve is a special one with which God is most pleased.

Father Pierre asked the congregation to continue to keep the police and the new recruits and their trainers in their prayers and to continue to support them in their work in keeping the people of Antigua and Barbuda safe.

Special prayers were offered for Commissioner Atley Rodney, his Assistant Commissioners, Commandant of the Sir Wright George Police Academy and trainers who attended the Mass.

On Thursday 21st November, during the 49th Graduation Ceremony at the Sir Wright George Police Academy, the sixty-nine recruits will officially become police officers. (Ends)

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6 COMMENTS

  1. Congratulations are in order. 69 Recuits. Commissioner Rodney you and your team is doing well. One step closer to the promise the Prime Minister said and we need more Police Officers

  2. I can not even say congratulations until the requirements set here are confirmed to have been met.

    Police recruits should receive a variety of training, including:

    Academics
    Recruits learn about criminal law, criminal law procedures, tort law, evidence law, remedy law, constitutional law, immigration/administrative/regulatory law, report writing, courtroom testimony, patrol procedures, intelligence, national security, logic/reasoning games/training, communication, and more.

    Physical training
    Recruits should train in calisthenics, defensive tactics, first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and water safety. They also should participate in physical exercises that simulate police encounters.

    Firearms training
    Recruits should learn how to handle and care for firearms and qualify with them on the range.

    Fieldwork
    Recruits should investigate mock crime scenes, direct traffic, operate police vehicles, and more.

    Self-defense
    Recruits should learn how to throw and defend punches, take a subject to the ground, and perform control techniques.

    Use of force
    Recruits should learn how to identify and respond to excessive force used by other officers.

    De-escalation
    Recruits should learn how to use de-escalation and discussion to solve calls.

    Communication
    Recruits should learn to listen 80% of the time and use body language to show they are listening.

    Police academy training should typically take 22–27 weeks to complete but may be less with evidence of high passes.

    I demand that most training be given by those with an advanced degree or exceptional ability in the field.

    If these officers went through this training and never once taught by any person with an advance degree in police science, criminology, victimology, forensic science, armory, law, and social science, then I must say no recruit shall be deemed qualified.

    Some idiot bloggers will get upset about my comment here stating I am tired of you(referring to me) wanting people in Antigua and Barbuda to be educated, competent, effective and wanting Antigua and Barbuda to be better but as I stated before, that is just an idiot and I am just helping, in my way, based on what the problems in Antigua and Barbuda needs to be solved.

  3. Was this new set trained with proper communication skills? Do they know how to converse with the citizens who they are hired to protect and serve? Or are they just a new set.of bullies for the citizens? Police round here act.like politicians, they are rude and disrespectful to the people they serve until they need something!

  5. They cannot all have advance degrees but at least allow an advance degree holders to give them an advance degree of knowledge to be prepared for this crucial and nationally important career. This career can take life and liberty.

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