PHILIPSBURG:--- On Friday January 16th, 2015 representatives of the Sint Maarten Carnival Development Foundation met with representatives of the police department at the Philispburg Police Station. The meeting was held in connection with the upcoming 2015 Carnival Season. This Carnival season will be longer than the prior carnival seasons and this meeting was held early with the intention to get a good grip of the situation and have all plans and events discussed and to make sure everything is in place. The main topics of the discussions were regarding safety, security, parade routes and traffic measures during the entire carnival season. One of the main topics on the agenda was "Jouvert Morning Jump-up" which most definitely has been growing rapidly in the last few years. The meeting was quite extensive and informative. Subsequent meetings will be scheduled to finalize all preparations for the Carnival Season 2015. The working relationship between the SCDF and the police force is very good and both organizations look forward in working together in making the 2015 carnival season a very successful one.
NAGICO gives police workshop.
On Saturday January 17th representatives from NAGICO insurances, namely Lisa Brown and Terence Dublin gave a presentation on "Customer Service" to members of the police department and ambulance department. NAGICO, the police department and ambulance department have been working very closely in partnership on many community projects. The workshop was quite extensive and informative covering different topics such as "Who is our customer?", What is service?, Difference between Public and Private Sector and Why is Customer Service important. The workshop was well attended by members of both emergency services who were quite impressed with the information that was shared with them. At the end of the workshop the participants asked many questions which were answered by the presenters. The Acting Chief of Police Commissioner Carl John thanked the presenters for a well prepared presentation and asked them to return in the near future to give the presentation to those colleagues that could not make it to the presentation.
KPSM Police Report
