Police Training Centre
Eleven recruits of the Royal Anguilla Police Force, and seven officers from Her Majesty’s Prison, staged a stunning drill performance during a preliminarily passing out parade on Wednesday, May 13.
The 8.30 am parade, on the grounds of the Police Recruit Training Centre, at Rey Hill, was an appropriate time for the event, escaping the intense heat of the sun. The rigorous drilling and stringent discipline requirements, part of a six-month training programme, which also covers a variety of theoretical studies, are so demanding that one police recruit and one prison officer, unable to endure the training, eventually withdrew earlier.
The training programme is being conducted by the Commandant of the Training Centre, Mr. Kenneth Millet, assisted by a number of instructors. Both he and Prison Superintendent, Ms Carice Sasso, joined by Police Commissioner, Mr. Paul Morrison, expressed delight with the event and congratulated the trainees on their performance within a limited parading space.
Commissioner Morrison observed: “This is the Commandant’s parade that is usually held part way during the training to check on the drills and the discipline of the officers. It was very, very impressive – marching without music and carrying out, which I thought, were very complex moves. They looked very smart, making us so proud. If we have the Anguilla Day Parade they will have to join with the other contingencies taking part in the event.”
He added: “They were able to perform in a very small place – in the very hot sun and without music. I thought it was excellent.”
Just before the ceremony ended, Commandant presented two personal badges to two of the trainees. The first, for discipline, was presented to Prison Officer, Joel Rogers, and the second, for best drills, to Police Recruit, Constable Devon Larocque.
The training programme commenced in January 2020 for the police recruits. They were later joined by the prison officers. Both trainees will graduate at the end of June.
