On Thursday, July 18, 2024, the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSLPF) hosted a Handing Over Ceremony at Police Headquarters, Castries.
During the event, the organisation received a Canine (K-9) from the Gendarmerie.
In attendance were the Honourable Jeremiah Norbert, Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister responsible for Home Affairs, Crime Prevention, and Persons with Disabilities; His Excellency Francis Etienne, Ambassador of France to the OECS; officials from the Gendarmerie; Mrs. Sarah Dupre-Cotter, Acting Permanent Secretary, Ministry of National Security; Mr. Daasreane Greene, Director of Public Prosecutions; Commissioner of Police Crusita Descartes-Pelius; and other members of the RSLPF.
Also present were Miss Allison Joseph, Consul General of Saint Lucia to the French Antilles; Mr. Daren Cenac, Director of Saint Lucia Air and Sea Ports Authority (SLASPA); Chief Fire Officer Mr. Ditney Downes; and Mr. Kosygin Fredrick Assistant Controller-Enforcement, Customs and Excise Department.
As the ceremony progressed, attendees heard brief remarks from Lieutenant Colonel Yannick Gache of Martinique, Commissioner Crusita Descartes-Pelius, Honourable Jeremiah Norbert, and His Excellency Francis Etienne.
One recurring theme was the importance of working harmoniously, both regionally and internationally, in combating crime as sovereign states.
The receipt of the Canine (K-9) symbolises the tangible results of collaboration and mutual understanding.
Honourable Jeremiah Norbert and the senior command of the RSLPF were formally introduced to the RSLPF Canine (K-9), who stood ready and alert, awaiting his orders.
This Canine boasts extensive skills in interdiction.
The use of canines in previous RSLPF exercises has been crucial for recovering and seizing contraband.
Therefore, RSLPF is confident that the addition of this highly trained Canine (K-9) to its law enforcement family will enhance its operational efficiency, thereby significantly contributing to the safety and security of all communities.
The RSLPF is deeply grateful for the assistance provided by the “Commandements de la Gendarmerie” (COMGEND) through the Embassy of France to the OECS.
SOURCE: Royal Saint Lucia Police Force
Please do not abuse 🐕and say that he is our tool ❗
Proper care should be given with affectionate love and deserved good treatment and enjoyment
Assign 2 officers who genuinely love dogs to this Dofficer…please and thanks
If my memory serves me right we had a drug squad with a canine unit years back. What happened to them? Who disbanded them?
You’ll should be ashamed, boosting about 1 ( one) donated K9-agent when the SLP government got rid of the previous K-9 unit which consisted of more tgan1( one K-9 agent
I do hope that beautiful dog is cared for appropriately. Lucians are not known for their love of animals – so much neglect and abuse on this island. As the saying goes ” you can judge a country by the way it treats its animals”… Better to get your humans trained to deal with other humans/criminals, not dogs. Look at the photo; only one of them actually looking at the dog and note which one – says a lot about their interest in this program. The article itself is really just a list of those who attended!
The one looking at may be thinking that they will do the poor 🐕baby, the same as a security agent certainlly mistreat as a tool and at the end of the day abandonné in the cage at the back of the véhicule covered with trapoline until God had mercy on the four legged creature suffering from agony and pain,
by passbyers hearing the groanning of the poor four legged creature suffering, was rescured by the gendarmerie nationale..
His told that the animale was his tool and afterwards… the ending is heart breaking 😭
I hope the people who are responsible for this (and other dogs/animals) read these comments and respond accordingly ie Look after ALL animals and treat them with care and respect, but then a lot of y’all don’t treat each other with respect either, so…
A question is not a reproach to ask the SLIP what has becomes of those got rid of and what becomes ????
Now,animals lovers,keep a record that this one is not for slave and abuse with the white sub..
Those creatures were made for man’s best friend (companion)and not for this type of profession…