By Jacqueline Carpenter From RCIPS

Yesterday, 29 February, marine officers from RCIPS, Customs and Immigration began a 4-week course covering various types of interdiction at sea. It is provided by members of the Caribbean Military Maritime Training Centre, and is designed to strengthen marine officers’ capacities to provide law and border enforcement through deepening their skills in maritime tactical operations. The course is accredited by the Canadian Government and delivered to maritime law enforcement personnel across the Caribbean.

“As has been evident in recent weeks, we are actively enforcing Cayman Islands’ law and borders on the water,” said Inspector Leo Anglin, RCIPS Marine Commander, “but our colleagues have much to share with us in the way maritime tactics for effective patrol and interdiction of drugs and firearms, as well as practical strategies for strengthening our border patrol.”

The tactics being taught are to be used in conjunction with local laws and policy, and fully comply with legal requirements imposed on the RCIPS from both local, regional, and international maritime law enforcement perspectives.

“We are committed to providing RCIPS marine officers, as well as those from other agencies, with the skills needed to safeguard the Cayman Islands,” said Brad Ebanks, Head of the Uniform Specialist Operations Division.

Photo: Chief Inspector Brad Ebanks, Head of the Uniform Specialist Operations Division, opens the Maritime Tactical Operations course by introducing members of the Jamaican Coast Guard.