Over the last few years, the Royal Anguilla Police Force has embarked upon many initiatives as ways to improve our services to the general public. One of the areas identified was the way in which we conduct our driver’s written tests.
There have been concerns expressed, for quite some time, about the delay in receiving written test results and, on some occasions, persons have doubted and queried their results. The RAPF would like to express that these concerns have not gone unnoticed. However, because of other core police duties, our examination markers are often engaged otherwise, which resulted in delayed markings.
As a result of consultations within our organisation, the RAPF have decided that the best way forward in improving this important service, is to redesign the exam by eliminating the structured section of the test. By doing this, the exam would now be a multiple-choice based test. Of course, it should be expected that with this proposed approach, the number of questions would be increased.
The questions would be formulated from the Highway Code, and the Vehicle & Road Traffic laws. These tests would be available in the English and Spanish languages.
This structure would not only improve on facilitating a quicker marking time but also makes it friendly to Spanish-speaking members of the public. It is also our hope that it addresses the doubts that members of the public hold regarding the accuracy of test results. Further, it eases up on the workload of the Department.
Before this approach is finalised, we would carry out a trial phase, within the next few weeks, to assess if this does in fact improve this service for all parties involved. We intend on having focused groups participate in the trial phase and then make a final decision. Until this approach is finalised, the current testing method still stands.
We are looking forward to working along with members of the public in the interest of improving this service.
Public Media Relations Office
Royal Anguilla Police Force
– Press Release
