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Control and Restrain Course In Anguilla
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A one-week course in Basic Control and Restraint for ten participants from the Prison, Police, Customs and Immigration departments, opened at the Soroptimist Club’s conference room on Monday, June 19.
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Members of the Head Table
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The course, has had as its facilitators Assistant Superintendent Theodore Woodley of Montserrat and Sergeant Douglas Joseph of the British Virgin Islands.
Anguilla’s Deputy Prison Superintendent, Neville Hamilton, welcomed the local participants at the opening ceremony. He said the training was an opportunity for the course attendees to develop their personal defensive techniques and to work as a team when dealing with aggressive persons.
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Course participants
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He explained that the main objective of the course, however, was to minimise injury to both the workers and those under their control. “It is the first time that Anguilla has the opportunity to invite instructors from other islands to assist with the training of local staff,” he went on. “This shows the commitment and the close relationship that exist between the Overseas Territories in delivering the services of the prison departments.”
He also said that the coming together of the four departments in Anguilla for the course showed their resolve to work in cooperation and to share experiences in line with their duties.
Prison Superintendent, Conrad Gumbs, said that control and restrain training was introduced in Anguilla in 1993 by Prison Adviser for the Overseas Territories, Christopher Gibbard. He explained however that the migration of prison officers to more lucrative jobs in the private sector had left the facility without a trained team. This has led to the current training which the new officers prepares to deal with “unwelcomed situations.”
He said the conducting of the course by the visiting facilitators, and Mr. Hamilton, was an example of the spirit of togetherness among the prison fraternity of the Overseas Territories. He added that the Police, Immigration and Customs personnel on the island were invited to participate in the training as a result of the partnership among the law enforcement departments in Anguilla.