Nepo­tism, dis­crim­i­na­tion, re­duc­tion in train­ing out­put and in train­ing qual­i­ty are among a litany of ur­gent con­cerns list­ed by an­gry and dis­grun­tled po­lice of­fi­cers at the Po­lice Train­ing Acad­e­my in St James. If these are the cries of dis­grun­tled of­fi­cers since Jan­u­ary, why is this on­ly now be­ing raised? Sgt Anand Rame­sar, pres­i­dent of the Po­lice Ser­vice So­cial and Wel­fare As­so­ci­a­tion, con­tin­ues to treat with mat­ters of a very frag­ile na­ture by way of the me­dia as op­posed to get­ting to the bot­tom of is­sues by con­tact­ing and meet­ing with his head to de­rive pos­si­ble so­lu­tions and avoid fur­ther dis­con­tent­ment among po­lice of­fi­cers.

What is quite clear is that he is the one who con­tin­ues to ap­ply a cos­met­ic ban­dage and keeps things at bay as op­posed to deal­ing with them im­me­di­ate­ly. If there are loop­holes in the re­cruit­ment process, then he is well in his right to ap­proach the Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice but, as with all things, he is too busy try­ing his ut­most to cre­ate un­nec­es­sary pub­lic ridicule. Rame­sar, if there are flaws, then use your ini­tia­tive to meet, dis­cuss and trash them out. It makes no sense to com­plain and yet do noth­ing. Be the change you want to see.

Tes­sa Mc In­tyre

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