JCF GRADUATES MAKE POWERFUL STATEMENT THROUGH DRILL
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Drill Team incorporated a powerful message into the graduation display of Batches 165 and 166 at the National Police College of Jamaica (NPCJ) on Thursday, October 29.
During the ceremony, the 291 constables from both batches delivered a striking performance, using their bodies to create the outline of 23 diamonds on the drill square. The formation represented the 23 percent reduction in crime recorded over the corresponding period last year (January to October).
However, the display did not end there. In a symbolic demonstration, the constables interlocked arms, forming a cordon around the crime reduction figure. This represented the unity and partnership between the JCF and the public, a key component of the Force’s crime management strategy.
The exhibition also served as a reminder to the public and the graduates alike of the JCF’s One Force for Good doctrine, which prioritises collective efforts in the pursuit of a safer country for all Jamaicans.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security and Peace, the Most Honourable Dr Horace Chang, in his address to the newly minted constables; reflected on what can be achieved when individuals come together and work collectively.
“As Jamaicans, we are all high-spirited and can be very strongly individualistic,” said Dr Chang.
“But when welded into a team, as you have been, to work with the kind of precision and efficiency you have demonstrated this morning on parade, and as several graduating groups have done over and over, you display a quality that, when working together, we are invincible as a people,” he continued.
The display, designed and coordinated by Constables Paul Francis, Andrew Reid and Jerrell Simpson, drew on the principles of drill, one of the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) core training and organisational pillars. A longstanding crowd favourite at JCF graduation ceremonies, the drill display uses carefully executed movements and formations, each carrying its own symbolism.
For Batches 165 and 166, the message was clear; unity and partnership are essential to achieving the greater good of the communities they are now marching into to serve.
