Philipsburg:--- Some 13 police recruits departed St. Maarten on Monday August 8th to Curacao where they will be continuing their training to become full fledged police officers.Police Spokesman Ricardo Henson said the recruits will be met by their appointed guardian Keturah Brown at the airport in Curacao.
Henson said the recruits will be taken to a military-base in Suffisant where they will be housed and part of their training will take place. The recruits are expected to be back in Sint Maarten at the end of September or early October. In Sint Maarten, the continuation of training, which is the largest part of the training, will take place. At the airport, family-members of the recruits that were on hand, took pictures, hugged and kissed the recruits as they bid them farewell. Words of encouragement on behalf of the Chief of Police Peter de Witte, who could not be at the airport was given by the Police Spokesman Ricardo Henson. The recruits then departed for Curacao.
