This was disclosed Friday by Force Training Officer (FTO) – Assistant Commissioner Paul Williams who was speaking at the commencement of the second phase of training for 2017 at the Police Officers Training Centre, Eve Leary.
In attendance were Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud and other senior ranks of the GPF. The event was held under the theme “Forging ahead with professionalism and intelligence led policing in collaboration with stakeholders.”
The junior officer’s course number 26 was aims at station management and newly promoted subordinate officers.
FTO Williams explained that the objectives of the course are to build competencies and increase the capacity of ranks to perform efficiently and effectively.
He explained that this will develop ranks to provide a high level of service and make appropriate decisions to sustain coordination and team building at all levels.
Underscoring that there are persons of international stature who are also part of the facilitation and training programmes, the Assistant Commissioner said these persons were sourced from the UK, Canada and the US.
He said that for the year there were 32 courses overseas where 66 police officers would have been benefitted.
Williams explained that ranks were trained in a number of areas in every division. Division ‘A’ saw 282 ranks being trained, 226 in B division, 182 in C division, 164 in D division, 119 in E division, 113 in F division and 120 in G division. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Tactical Services Unit (TSU), Traffic Department, Finance Department and the General Office accounted for 947 ranks.
The current batch, he said will be exposed to training of the junior command level. Participants will be educated on subjects such as communication, mentorship, stress and anger management, principles of natural justice, conflict resolution introduction to psychology, quality service delivery amongst others.
Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud in giving his feature address said there is a lot of working being done behind the scenes with a high quality of training.
The police commissioner explained that the content of the courses are generally reviewed and refined.
“Ten years ago computer training was not necessary in the force, now it’s absolutely necessary, and those who don’t acquire the skill will be left behind and watch their colleagues go pass them in the hierarchical structure,” the commissioner said in giving an example.
He told ranks not to leave the classroom if they don’t not understand what is taught since it is compulsory for the facilitator to impart the knowledge.
“This is an investment the force is making in you, so make sure that you learn the course,” the commissioner said.
The Commissioner added that it is expected that at the end of the training their performances evaluated to ensure that they have increased performances. “We cannot conclude at the end of such an analysis, that it was the facilitator’s problem because he did not teach. We are all adults here and this is an investment that the force is making in you.”
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