Police
Plans for motorsports facility roll on
(CNS Local Life): Representatives from the RCIPS, Customs, the Youth Services Unit and the Cayman Hot Rod and Motocross associations recently met in East End to survey the site of a new off-road racing facility. The 26 April meeting marks another step forward in finding a community-based solution to the issue of non-street legal motorbikes […]
Another BT neighbourhood joins watch programme
(CNS Local Life): RCIPS Community Officers in Bodden Town joined forces with the residents of Valley Garden on Saturday, 10 March, to launch the first neighbourhood watch programme in the district for 2018, bringing to eight the number of such groups active in that area. The initiative aims to tackle crime and offer support for […]
Police youth outreach continues at skate park
(CNS Local Life): A group of kids from George Town and Bodden were treated to an afternoon of fun and games at the Black Pearl Skate Park, thanks to the efforts of the RCIPS Community Policing Department, the Cayman Islands Skateboard Association and Hurley’s. More than 20 young people aged 5 to 17 enjoyed free […]
West Bay police and community clean district
(CNS Local Life): Community officers of the RCIPS recently helped the West Bay community clean up their district. From 6am-9am on Saturday, 17 February, the officers joined a clean-up, followed by assisting with the removal of derelict vehicles. The clean-up was organised by a West Bay Central community group, which formed earlier this year to […]
RCIPS recruits sworn in
(CNS Local Life): The first RCIPS recruit class of 2018 was sworn in at a ceremony held Thursday, 1 February. The 11 new local constable recruits will now begin an intensive 17-week training course, after which they will receive on-the-job training during a two-year probationary period. At the end of their probation, they could be […]
Cops return from BVI post-hurricane deployment
(CNS): The last group of RCIPS officers who were sent to the British Virgin Islands to support law enforcement officials there in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria last September came home this week. The return of the seven officers, who remained in BVI over the holiday period, marks the end of the RCIPS deployments […]
Law enforcement agencies seek recruits
(CNS Local Life): The Law Enforcement and Public Safety Recruitment Fair 2017 welcomed job seekers on Thursday, 9 November 2017 at the George Town Town Hall. The drive was co-hosted by Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Service, Cayman Islands Fire Service, Department of Immigration, Department of Labour and Pensions, Department of Public Safety Communications, the […]
Special Constables attend law enforcement conference
(CNS Local Life): Three RCIPS Special Constables recently attended the VLEOA 2017 International Reserve Training Conference in Dallas, Texas. Hosted by the Volunteer Law Enforcement Officers Alliance, the conference, held 1-4 November, brought together volunteer law enforcement officers from Singapore, the US, Canada, the UK, the Bahamas, and the Cayman Islands, to participate in classes […]
RCIPS sends third group of officers to BVI
(CNS Local Life): A third contingent of Royal Cayman Islands Police Service officers travelled to the British Virgin Islands on Thursday, 26 October, following the return of 16 officers earlier that day who had completed a three-week deployment to offer support in the wake of the destruction caused in BVI by Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
Former Cayman police commissioner dies at 90
(CNS Local Life): Andrew Greiff, who served as the Cayman Islands Commissioner of Police from 1973 until his retirement in 1990, died last week at the age of 90. He met Thomas Russell in the Solomon Islands while travelling around the Pacific between 1967 and 1973. At the time he was acting as Police Advisor […]
Police officer recognised for contributions to RCIPS
(CNS Local Life): Roje Williams, a police officer who has been on the job for more than 10 years, has received the Chief Officer’s Choice Award for his service from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). The training sergeant knew from when he was young that he wanted to join the Royal Cayman Islands Police […]
Registration deadline nears for police football tourney
(CNS Local Life): The annual RCIPS six-a-side football competition has been ongoing in recent weeks, with teams from different units within the organisation, plus a few external squads, playing matches at the CIFA Field in Prospect on weekday evenings. There is still time for teams to register for the tournament, set to conclude with a full day of […]
Police footballers looking for opponents in tourney
(CNS Local Life): The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) is hosting its annual departmental six-a-side Championship League Competition, set for next month. Themed “RCIPS Football Club in the Community for the Community”, the main goal of the competition is to continue to build camaraderie and fellowship within the organisation and outside of it, with the wider […]
Commitment to job drives top employee
(CNS Local Life): Darren Ebanks, fleet and stores manager with the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS), has been named the latest Chief Officer’s Choice by the Ministry of Home Affairs. Acting Chief Officer Kathryn Dinspel-Powell, amongst other ministry and RCIPS officials, presented the award to the civil servant for January 2017. Ebanks has worked […]
Police roll out youth initiative
(CNS Local Life): Neighbourhood police officers visited the Black Pearl Skate Park on Saturday, 25 February, to spend time with children participating in a new youth outreach initiative aimed at developing a more positive relationship between youth people and police. The skate park arranged transportation for the children from their homes in Windsor Park to Grand […]
Police commissioner visits Little Cayman
(CNS Local Life): Police Commissioner Derek Byrne recently made his first trip to Little Cayman, meeting with police officers, the district administration, and the greater community. This visit, on Thursday, 8 December, followed a November trip to Cayman Brac as part of his general orientation to all three islands and the policing concerns specific to […]
First responders tested in Brac exercise
(CNS Local Life): Emergency responders took part in a full-scale exercise staged at the Charles Kirkconnell International Airport last month. The exercise, called “Operation Wet Deal” and held 30 November, involved the mock crash of a commercial plane following a bird strike. The scenario was that both engines were affected, which caused the aircraft to […]
Brac trains for mass casualty emergency
(CNS Local Life): Between 7 and 11 November, 20 people in Cayman Brac received training in mass casualty management (MCM), in a course sponsored by the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) and Hazard Management Cayman Islands (HMCI). Course coordinator, HMCI Awareness and Communications Officer Simon Boxall explained, “Sometime ago we were able to train a […]
