Historic Commissioner’s Parade in Sandy Point
By Terresa McCall
Reporter-SKNVibes.com
~~Adz:Left~~BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: SOME 80 police officers gathered yesterday morning at the Sandy Point Police Station and marched to the Sandy Point’s old recreation ground for the Commissioner’s Parade.
Yesterday’s parade was the first to be held since Commissioner of Police (COP) Austin Williams officially took office and the first to be held outside the confines of Basseterre.
At approximately 8:00 a.m., COP Williams, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Stafford Liburd and Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Joseph Richardson began their inspection of the officers on parade, who were divided into four platoons.
Following the inspection, the platoons paraded around the premises and marched through the village on their return to the Sandy Point Police Station where the three Senior Officers took the salute.
Four persons, one from each platoon, were hand-selected by the Commissioner as “Best Turned Out Officer”.
Woman Police Constable (WPC) Kashina Burke from the Female’s Platoon, Constable Dexter Jacobs from the Drug Squad/Special Services Unit (SSU) Platoon, Constable Lauston Percival from one of the two General Platoons and Constable Winston Thompson from the other, were adjudged winners. These officers were awarded an extra day off-duty for their efforts.
At the end of the parade, Commissioner Williams expressed gratitude to the officers for their turnout and chastised those with whose turnout he was not pleased. All those whose turnout pleased the COP were fittingly rewarded.
