Police recruits pass out, with a difference 8th January 2021
Due to the pandemic, the Passing Out ceremony of police recruits was unlike that of any similar event in recent years.
Recruit police officers from the RGP and GDP marked the end of their of their 18-week training course at New Mole House Police Station on Friday in quite a different way to the traditional Passing Out Parade.
Due to social distancing regulations, the ceremony was held remotely with most officers and staff attending the event online.
This meant that it was not possible for the recruits’ families and friends to join them at the IPA Club to celebrate afterwards.
Five people fined after No.6 protest last week 22nd December 2020
Four people involved in a protest outside No.6 Convent Place last Friday have been fined £1,000 under Covid-19 rules banning large gatherings in public.
The four were among a group of around 100 people who gathered outside No.6 Convent Place to protest at the short notice with which a 7pm curfew was imposed on restaurants and bars on what should have been their busiest night before Christmas.
The Commissioner of Police, Richard Ullger, had served written warnings on the four on Friday afternoon ahead of the protest, warning them not to breach the Covid-19 regulations.
Police officer sets himself gruelling Med Steps charity challenge
Police officer Tony Gaul will climb Mediterranean Steps continuously during the daylight hours this weekend.
Starting as early as the sun allows him to on Saturday December 19, Mr Gaul will make his first climb up the Med Steps, then walk down the roads to their starting point.
He will repeat that route until sundown and do it all again the next day.
“I hope to do it about ten times each day, it depends. I will not be racing up it. I will need to take my time,” he said.
The money raised will be divided equally between Wesley Warwick, a young GDP Officer who has recently suffered a stroke and who will now need a variety of equipment to help him reach his goal of self-sufficiency, and little Grace Beverton, who is the three-year-old daughter of a police officer in the UK.