New police recruits sworn in
Created: Mar 14, 2024 03:39 PM (Updated: Mar 18, 2024 06:32 PM)
The 14 new police recruits sworn in at a ceremony last week. Seated are Sergeant Kimberly Cowper, left, Inspector Derrick Golding, Assistant Commissioner of Police Antoine Daniels, Commissioner of Police Darrin Simons, Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police James Howard and Commissioner’s Staff Officer Charlene Thompson. In the row behind them are Pc Utsav Bansal, left, Pc Suraj Nair, Pc Amoy Johnson-Smith, Pc Ashley Berkeley, Pc Krislyn Lambert, Pc Tahirah Simmons, Pc Jah-Kintae Williams, Pc Holly Lavigne-Smith, Pc Chante James, Pc Julia Swan (BPS Training Centre staff) and Pc Logan Alexander. In the last row are Pc Tyler Kendall, Pc Rachel Benedict, Pc Anasia Barclay and Pc Shannon Trott (BPS Training Centre staff). New recruit Pc Dragan Pavkovic is not in the photograph (Photograph supplied)
The ranks of the Bermuda Police Service have been boosted by 14 new officers after they successfully completed a recruit foundation course.
The recruits were sworn in by Darrin Simons, the Commissioner of Police, at a ceremony at police headquarters last week.
But the force is still well below full strength. Earlier this month, Michael Weeks, the Minister of National Security, said that manpower levels were at their lowest in 30 years.
Last year, 19 officers left the service, and although the BPS received more than 100 applications, only nine made it into the training course. The majority of applicants failed health and fitness or psychological tests.
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Published March 14, 2024 at 3:39 pm (Updated March 18, 2024 at 6:32 pm)
New police recruits sworn in
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