Polis Luar Biasa ?

Polis luar biasa? emmm... Tak pernah pulak aku dengar, tetapi pekara ini berlaku di Belanda. Pasukan Polis Sukarela St. Maarten telah menganugerahkan seramai 13 orang anggota nya sebagai Polis Luar Biasa. Berikut adalah petikan dari akhbar The Daily Herald bertarikh 10 Jan. 2005.

PHILIPSBURG--Thirteen members of the St. Maarten Voluntary Corps VKS will be sworn in as extraordinary police officers this week, announced Commander Jean Illidge at Saturday’s ceremony during which the organisation honoured nineteen of its first batch of members for 7½ years of service.

The 13 members who will take the oath of extraordinary police officers Wednesday morning have been working with police since 2003.

Lt. Governor Franklyn Richards had requested the status of extraordinary police officer for the men since the inception of the project. However, the Ministerial Decree didn’t come in until recently, explained Commander Illidge.

The 13 men will now have more authority when carrying out their duties working along with police to patrol the streets and fight crime.

Commander Illidge also announced that a sergeants’ course would start on February 16. The course ends in June. In addition, there will be a big bivouac June 10-12 and the fourth batch of VKS soldiers will be installed on July 2. At that ceremony, a few officers will be sworn in and a few corporals will be promoted to sergeant.

The VKS might also participate in the four-day walk around the Dutch city of Nijmegen in July this year. There are also plans to start a corporals’ course in August.

The 19 volunteers honoured during Saturday’s event at Sundial School were singled out for 7½ years of “dedicated service.” The 18 men and one woman were installed in June 1997 and were part of the first batch of 33 when VKS was revived.

Some critics said at that time that VKS wouldn’t live long, Illidge stated in his speech. “The VKS is here to stay, it is built on a solid foundation,” he said. To the 19 honoured members, he said: “You are the showcase of VKS, you are the foundation on which VKS is built.” Today VKS has 74 volunteers.

The persons honoured were George Adamus, Welton Baker, Louis Benders, Charles Delaney, Jerville Heyliger, François Hickinson, Rutilio Hughes, Jean Illidge, Robert James, Benjamin Kelly, Albert Kemper, Rudsel Kemper, Paul Martens, Nelson Rombley, Louis Scatliffe, Marina Serrant, Lloyd Webster, Martin Wilson and Pablo Wilson.