PHILIPSBURG:--- Today, January 19th 2015, twenty new police recruits were officially installed to attend the police training courses with at Justice Academy Sint Maarten.
These men and women are about to start BAVpol-training at Justice Academy. Some of the students have been waiting for two or three years before they finally got accepted and could start their classes. The recruits remained as motivated and full of enthusiasm as when they first applied for the job.
Chief Commissioner Carl John welcomed the students and after they were allowed to formally introduce themselves they were asked to give a brief and personal impression of the Police organization. The reactions differed among the recruits nevertheless; the majority of them stated that the police department had come along way and that they were quite eager to be part of the police department. They also stated that are super motivated and are ready to start.
Commissioner John then passed the word on to Chief Commissioner Peter de Witte who gave a short and powerful motivational speech and ended by saying that he hoped to see the recruits again after they finished their studies and are ready to go on the streets.
The students were also introduced to the staff of the Justice Academy and after receiving all the necessary information they left to finalize preparations to start with the police training.
The Korps Politie Sint Maarten (Police Force of Sint Maarten) wishes all the recruits much success in following this police training.
False identification papers.
On Sunday, January 18th 2015, around 2:00 p.m. a 23-year old woman from the Dominican Republic was arrested at the Princess Juliana International Airport by members of the Back-Office department of the Sint Maarten Police Force.
The woman was accompanied by her 2-year old child and she was suspected of using falsified identification documents to get in to the country of Sint Maarten.
She was brought to the police station and placed into custody. The 2-year old was taken to the 'I Can'-foundation where he could spend the night. On Monday she gave a statement to the investigating officers in regard to her case. After the interrogation was completed, the woman was given a subpoena by the prosecutor for her to stand in front of the judge to give an account for her deeds.
In the meantime this case was turned over to the Immigration and Border patrol that will take care of the process of her leaving the country as soon as possible.
KPSM Police Report