Tranquility Bay To Be Used As Training Facility For The Police
The Tranquility Bay facility at Treasure Beach, which was formerly an offshore reform school / boot camp for rebellious children from the United States and elsewhere, will now be used to train police recruits for at least the next two years.
Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of administration, Jevene Bent, said that training “operations” would begin some time in July 2009.
The complex is situated on two and a half acres of beach front land, and has reportedly been leased by the Jamaica Constabulary Force as of June 1, 2009 for exactly two years. The lease on the property has reportedly been limited to two years since expanded facilities to be built at the existing Police Academy at Twickenham Park are expected to be completed by then.
When fully operational, the facility will reportedly provide training for 180-200 recruits at any given time, and is part of the drive to accelerate active police force numbers from the current figure of just over 8,000 to the proposed establishment figure of 12,000. The training facility will be run by a faculty of 35, which includes police officers and civilians. Bent said there would be a separate civilian component drawn mainly from the surrounding Treasure Beach community, including an administrator, electricians, office staff, cooks, cleaners and groundsmen.
Tags : Jevene Bent, Police Training, Police Training Facility, Tranquility Bay, Treasure Beach
One Response to “Tranquility Bay To Be Used As Training Facility For The Police”
said on September 18th, 2009 at 11:20 am
[...] Senator Nelson pointed out that a new training facility has been brought on stream in Tranquility Bay, St. Elizabeth, and $15 million was spent in refurbishing it to bring it to acceptable standards. [...]
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