Cops urged to work people skills

A rank attached to the Cove and John Police Station assists a boy in cutting the ribbon for the re-commissioned station yesterday as Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee (right) and acting Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell look on.

-at re-commissioning of Cove and John station

The remodelled Cove and John Police Station was yesterday hailed as a symbol of the modernisation of the police force, even as more calls were made for ranks to improve their relationship with the public.

“The Cove and John Police Station had been remodelled to facilitate a more modern approach to enhance the professionalism of ranks and in keeping with changes of new technology,” ‘C’ Division Com-mander, Eric Bassant said at the commissioning ceremony for the station.

Its recently added IT lab has been equipped with