Philipsburg:---The Management of the local police force (KPSSS) has recently announced, that in connection with the upgrading and professionalizing of its personnel , all persons employed with police department and hold a supervisory position will be following a “Coaching and Supervision Course”. The total amount of persons to attend this course will be thirty-one. Twenty-one of them are from Sint Maarten, seven from Sint Eustatius and three from Saba. The course would be for four days course supplied by Linkels en van Wilgen and given by the instructor Eligio Reenis. This course instructs the supervisor that they have the responsibility to coach their employees, to deal with pressure from their own superiors and to efficiently deal with many challenges a supervisor is confronted with. Some of the topics that will be discussed are: The supervisor and management process, Working with people, Communication and -Disciplinary Action.
At the end of the course an examination will be given to the participants and those who a score a six or higher will receive a diploma. The first group to attend this course ended their session on Friday September 4.