The Guyana Police Force (GPF) held an Appreciation Ceremony on Friday to honour a young constable’s successful attainment of his Private Pilot Licence-Single Engine certificate.
According to a GPF release yesterday, Constable Troy Doris was lauded during a simple ceremony at the Commissioner’s Conference Room, Eve Leary, Georgetown, for successfully completing the requirements for the Private Pilot Licence-Single Engine certificate and graduating as the valedictorian of his programme.
Constable Doris commenced training online in 2018 and completed the practical training of his course at the Flight Training Institute Barbados Inc located in Christ Church, Barbados, on January 8, 2023.
At the ceremony, Acting Commissioner of Police (CoP), Clifton Hicken, applauded Constable Doris’ stellar accomplishments and thanked his father, Sergeant Troy Doris, for supporting his son in this endeavour.
As a reward and to further motivate the young constable, a letter will be sent on his behalf to the Police Service Commission requesting that he be elevated to the level of Cadet Officer. Hicken declared that the GPF is “going places” and will become an organisation that is contemporary and “second to none.”
He added, “In order to accomplish a contemporary Police Force, partnership is necessary. We need to develop our people to meet the standard that is necessary… and to create infrastructure that is conducive, and build the bridge between the police and the public.”
The CoP disclosed that the Force’s Executive Leadership Team has decided that the emphasis for 2023 will be on operational priorities, performance, professionalism, and accountability. He noted that Guyana is undergoing rapid infrastructural development, which would provide challenges for the GPF. As a result, the Force is collaborating with the ministries and other government and private sector agencies to build capacity.
Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner ‘Administration’ Calvin Brutus touched on the Force’s Strategic Plan and noted that under the “Developing Our People” pillar, a proposal was made for the establishment of a Police Air Wing, which will enhance the “independence, efficiency, and effective operational capabilities of the Guyana Police Force.” To this end, capable persons were selected to be trained in Aeronautical Engineering and also cadet courses. Currently, three ranks are enrolled in the Art Williams and Harry Wendt Aeronautical Engineering School, one in his second year and two in their first. This is all intended to serve as a major motivator to other members of the GPF to seek to embrace the pillar of ‘developing our people’.
The release noted that the GPF intends to continue training ranks in all necessary fields as it prepares to acquire its own Air Wing in a bid to become self-sufficient. The Deputy Commissioner also assured that the Force will continue to support Constable Doris in furthering his studies to pursue a programme in multi-engine certification.
In his response to the numerous accolades, Doris, who joined the GPF on March 7, 2019, said that there is nothing wrong with doing something different or thinking about how you can be of benefit to the organisation. Being a pilot in the Guyana Police Force, he added, and being part of a major development in the Force is a great feeling. Doris recalled the first time he entered the Officers Training Centre, while he was still contemplating joining the GPF, where he saw a sign that read, “Am I a Credit to the Force?” and asked himself, “How can I be a credit to the Force?” He aspires to become a certified flight instructor so that he can teach his colleagues and assist the GPF in pursuit of its self-sufficiency agenda.
His father, Sergeant Troy Doris, thanked the Force’s administration for its unwavering support while disclosing that his son has dreamt of being a pilot since the tender age of four, the release added.
