TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1981
FORTY-SIX APPOINTED OFFICER CADETS IN PRISONS DEPARTMENT
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FORTY-SIX ASSISTANT OFFICERS OF THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT WERE APPOINTED OFFICER CADETS TODAY.
AT A CEREMONY HELD AT THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY, THE ACTING DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS, MR GARTH HYDES, PRESENTED RANK INSIGNIA AND APPOINTMENT LETTERS TO THE NEWLY PROMOTED OFFICER CADETS.
ADDRESSING THE CEREMONY, MR HYDES TOLD THE OFFICERS THAT THEY MUST NOT WAIVER OR BE INDECISIVE WITH THEIR PAST COLLEAGUES WHO WILL NOW BE SUBJECT TO THE IR ORDERS AND DIRECTIONS.
+NOR MUST YOU SHOW FAVOURITISM AND AT ALL TIMES YOU MUST
BE SEEN TO BE IMPARTIAL, HE SAID.
MR HYDES POINTED OUT THAT MANY MEN AND WOMEN WHO JOINED THE SERVICE AT THE ASSISTANT OFFICER LEVEL HAD NOW RISEN TO THE MOST SENIOR RANKS.
+THIS APPOINTMENT AS OFFICER CADETS HAS NOW GIVEN YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP AND ADVANCE IN YOUR CAREERS,+ HE ADDED.
HE ALSO REMINDED THE OFFICERS THAT IN DEALING WITH PRISONERS, THEY MUST BE HUMANE AND ENSURE THAT THE IR SUBORDINATES CARRY OUT THE IR JOB EFFECTIVELY AND WITH COMPASSION.
+MANY OF YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE CONTACTS WITH THE PUBLIC AND THAT THE WAY YOU PRESENT YOURSELF AND DEAL WITH PEOPLE WILL REFLECT ON THE DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE, HE STRESSED.
THE NEWLY APPOINTED OFFICER CADETS COMPRISED 43 MEN AND THREE WOMEN WHOSE AVERAGE LENGTH OF SERVICE WITH THE DEPARTMENT IS ABOUT FIVE YEARS.
ALL OF THEM WILL UNDERGO DEVELOPMENTAL TRAINING IN VARIOUS PENAL INSTITUTIONS AND IN THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE SO THAT THEY MAY CARRY OUT THE IR WORK EFFECTIVELY.
IF THEY PASS THE REQUIRED EXAMINATIONS AND WORK HARD, THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR PROMOTION TO THE OFFICER RANK IN DUE COURSE.