‘The thing is that a lot of people out here done know what happened with me and they all troubling me about it. I guess I just glad I getting a chance to live my life where people don’t really know me or what happen to me.’
The recruit who was sexually assaulted by a policeman at Police Headquarters, Eve Leary last week, will resume training at the Felix Austin School of Training, following discussions with a senior police officer.
Protection for the remainder of the training period, an out-of-town post and prosecution of the man who attacked him in the training school compound have been promised to the recruit.
These promises, the recruit told Stabroek News, were made to him by the officer-in-charge of the training school. “He explained to me that this doesn’t have to be the end of my hopes for becoming a policeman,” the 19-year-old said. The meeting was held following a report in this newspaper in which the recruit said his dream of being a policeman was now over.
After the meeting on Monday morning, the recruit said, he resumed training at the location and two guards have been assigned to him. “I feel safe here now…
