18 NEW RECRUITS TO BEGIN RVIPF TRAINING
Written by Fuze Social Team on August 20, 2021
Eleven new Constables of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Froce were sworn in by Commissioner of Police Mark Collins yesterday and three auxiliaries.
The 14 new recruits will join with four serving auxiliary officers to form the fifth cohort of locally trained police officers.
The four auxiliary officers will complete the training to become constables.
Each of the new recruits separately gave their oath of allegiance at Police Headquarters in the present of the Commissioner, Acting Deputy Commissioner Jacqueline Vanterpool and Superintendent St. Clair Amory.
The group subsequently assembled outside for first instructions from the Commissioner.
The new recruitment class is made up of eight Virgin Islanders or those deem to belong and six from various Caribbean countries with the same number of males as females. Two of the recruits were former cadets of the V.I. Cadet Corps and three are training to be auxiliary officers.
All 18 will begin a challenging six-month basic police training programme with early morning exercises and full days of class instruction.
