Home Affairs Minister defends Cadet Officers’ course

Apr 27, 2014 News

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee said that the decision by Government to train 50 additional Cadet Officers was made as a result of Government’s realization that the Guyana Police Force, in the long term, would need the injection of a corps of young men and women who would in a number of years, move into higher positions in the Force.
The Minister made the comment on Friday at the Annual Police Officers Conference, which was held at Eve Leary.
According to Rohee, the officers would be developed side by side with those Officers who will move up through the Ranks in the normal way.
He said that Government is taking steps to facilitate the upward movement of those Cadets who qualify to the rank of Assistant Superintendent. However, that promotion will not be automatic.
He noted that the Cadet Officers will have to satisfy the conditions set out in Police Standing Order 22. These include the passing of certain examinations. “Those Cadet Officers who are due to be elevated should take note and put themselves in order,” Rohee said.
He posited that when the cadets are eventually promoted to the rank of Assistant Superintendent they will have to compete with other Officers in their Rank Structure for elevation to higher positions.
The step that was taken by the government to make this one-off special arrangement to recruit the 50 Cadet Officers is part of the modernization programme for the Force.
Only recently, Assistant Police Commissioner, David Ramnarine, had noted that the force’s Assistant Superintendent system needs to be reviewed, given the fact that there are a number of cadets languishing while awaiting promotions.
Ramnarine was at the time delivering a progress report on the 2004 Disciplined Forces Commission (DFC) recommendations.
He reflected that it was former President Bharrat Jagdeo during his tenure had increased the number of cadets accepted into the Force to enhance the middle management leadership structure.
The Assistant Police Commissioner had said then that there are 47 cadet officers from three batches in the force awaiting promotions.
Rohee also told participants that he has made a conscious decision to place significant emphasis on the issue of reform in the Guyana Police Force.
“You are serving in the Force at a time when fundamental changes have been occurring in this country. Those changes must, as a consequence, have an effect on the way you police Guyana,” the Minister told officers.

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