| By Mondale SmithThe training model of the Guyana Police Force is designed to address any situation that a rankTraining Officer Senior Superintendent Paul Williamsmay be presented with throughout his career.This is the view of Training Officer, Senior Superintendent Paul Williams, who is stationed at the Officers’ Training Centre.His assertion contradicts the belief of many in society that local police ranks are often not properly trained before, and not given much exposure during, employment.The head of the training arm, in an invited comment said for every crime or issue that presents itself, the Force must have persons with the right skills to uphold the laws and encourage citizens to do the same while displaying the full level of professionalism needed to bring about crime-solving.Oftentimes, he said,Wholesale China Jerseys, persons misconstrue the police’s responsibility, believing that their only role is crime fighting. He noted that this is not so,Billy Price Jersey, and training is probably the most important component of being a police.Williams described the primary aspects of policing as recruitment, retention and training.“Training is a big one because it is the sustenance of the life of the key resource (human resource) of any organization and the Guyana Police Force is no different when it comes to ensuring that we are as professional as possible.”Emphasising that the person responsible for training and his team are always at work, Williams said that for every crime or whatever issue that presents itself, you must have persons with the right skills, approach and tactics to deal with those situations professionally and comprehensively, to bring about the type of results that the public is looking for.He said too that ultimately what the Force works towards, apart from professionalism, is crime reduction, proper traffic arrangement, and good crime scene management as well as the maintenance of law and order, all of which require proper training.“Training is critical to the Police Force because we take civilians from off of the street and spend time molding them into the relevant capacity to operate, coordinate and deliver as police ranks from a team perspective. Thereafter they are given other in-service training to build them to progress from one stage to another as professionals.Ranks at a workshop on domestic violence at the Police Officers’ Training Centre.“Local police have been and continue to be trained to a very high level, because it (training) is never too much.”Divulging further, he said the Force first offers the foundational aspect followed by developmental training.“Recruits undergo the basic training that is good enough for them to perform throughout their two-year probationary period, after which they have to return to complete their final probationary training before they are approved as constables, capable of working on their own.”Based on which department the rank is placed in, there is additional training to be completed.If they are placed in the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), ranks have to complete a Criminal Investigations Department Induction Course to be eligible as an aid to the Nation’s main crime fighting unit,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, the CID. Thereafter they spend a period of almost two years in the department before they have to return for additional training to qualify as detectives.“These things have various levels, hence, depending on who the public interacts with, they may conclude that ranks are not properly trained, without understanding the stage of training at which the rank may have been exposed to.” .FRONTLINE RANKSNon-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) training with police of recent have been identifying loopholes and offer public feedback on dissatisfaction and unethical actions by police ranks, as well as ensuring privacy.In the normal police training modules, from recruit to senior rank, one of the core subject areas is addressing or treating with domestic violence from the police perspective – internally,Cheap Jerseys China, externally and internationally.During a recent visit to the Police Officers’ Training Institute, several frontline ranks from police divisions across Guyana were seen engaged in the first of a series of training programmes which address issues such as human rights, domestic violence, child abuse and gender-based violence.When questioned about this, Williams reiterated that training is continuous and at a very high level because it is the force’s administrators’ belief it is essential and can never be too much.“We had prior engagements last year, but this four-week training is the first for 2016, and our aim is to ultimately expose all police ranks over time to these very important subject matters.“We have several programmes, with combined efforts from Governmental and non- governmental organizations,Cheap NFL Jerseys Stitched, that are focused on best practices; collaborations to address ways to efficiently and respectfully deal with victims simultaneously. This course of action weeds out the frustrations of victims having to be back and forth between the police force and counseling organizations.”Williams said too that the Force is looking to ensure that through these efforts,Cheap NFL Jerseys, the police play a lead role in collecting information and contacting the relevant organizations to better assist victims in a non-frustrating manner.He also sounded a warning to ranks who operate unethically and noted that information is being gathered by NGOs for checks and balances regarding professionalism. |
