Two police recruits dismissed as police force pursues excellence

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 – Police Commissioner Mr. Ausbert Regis, says the administration of the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force will continue to strive for excellence, and has sounded a warning that it will guard against attitudes that are not in keeping with the rules of the public service.

His comments came against the backdrop of the release of two police recruits from the police academy, resulting in fifty-eight out of an initial sixty, graduating from a six-month training at the Police Academy at La Toc.

Commissioner Regis told the new police constables, that they will be under the microscope during their two-year probation. However, Mr. Regis says based on the performance and potential of the new police constables during the training, he has no doubt they will live up to the task.

“I feel confident that when I retire I will leave the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force in the hands of competent men and women who can protect me in my latter years. We are facing challenging times right now; we are facing a new breed of criminals that persons like myself did not experience in our formative years in the force. But I am confident that you—being that new breed of police officer—are up to the task and will overcome the challenge they are posing to our society.”

Mr. Regis has assured the new police constables of the support of the management of the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force.

“All of the policies and processes that we put together are to support you, and if does not filter to you we have to re-examine them because when we are in bed at 2: 00AM you are on the street representing the commissioner, the minister for national security, and the government of Saint Lucia. I want to urge you to seek God’s assistance and his direction. Every morning you may leave home without your wallet but do not leave without God.

Along with the fifty-eight new police constables, forty correctional officers have also been added to the corrections fraternity at the Bordelais Correctional Facility.

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