... Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for top cops
ROBERT MONTAGUE also listed a number of additional things that have been done to improve the quality of life for the police and things that are in the pipeline. Among the items listed were:
Repairs done to the dormitories at the National Police College.
The construction of new police stations at Shady Grove, Port Maria and Longville Park.
Plans to provide legal support to police divisions in cases with INDECOM, if the need arises.
The provision of 2,500 ballistic vests and 3,000 helmets to protect officers on duty.
Making district constables pensionable since April 2016.
Montague outlined two programmes designed to reward outstanding work by police. One will be the Minister’s Medal of Appreciation to be given in three categories – Community
Service (to serve); Operations (to protect); and for non-Geographic (to reassure). The medals will be gold, silver and bronze, one for each category.
“This is another means of showing appreciation, of recognising and rewarding the hard work of our police personnel,” said Montague. “I will promote and big up Police Week so persons can be informed of the wonderful work being done by our police personnel. During that week, I will also declare a day of mourning for fallen police personnel.”