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Retired cop Johnny Abraham to head NOC
Retired senior superintendent Johnny Abraham has been named as head of the National Operations Centre (NOC) and Field Office.Homeland Security Minister Roger Alexander confirmed the contract appointment yesterday as he emerged from a tour of the E999 Command Centre at the Police Academy, St James, saying Abraham was expected to begin work soon.In a brief interview with Guardian Media, Alexander said Abraham will be responsible for the overall operations of the NOC, which includes the E999 Command Centre, which comprises civilians and law enforcement agents.
Abraham will be in charge of the civilian section of the E999 Command Centre, while a senior police officer will continue to issue instructions to officers.Civilian employees are usually the first point of contact with the public in the NOC, as they are the ones who answer distress calls and redirect the information to the nearest police station and/or police patrol.Eager to get back into the field, Abraham, 68, said, “I am going to be coordinating from the Command Centre. From liaising with officers on mobile patrol to ensuring calls for help are answered by rapid response patrols in a timely manner.
“I will be on the ground making sure no one can say the police did not respond, or there was no vehicle available. Nobody will be allowed to lie down and say it have no patrol.”Revealing he had received countless encouraging calls and positive messages from police officers and members of the public regarding his appointment, Abraham said, “It is something I am accustomed doing and I am looking forward to it.”Referring to the iron will and drastic measures he employed to keep crime and criminality down when he was in charge of the Central Division, Abraham added, “The overwhelming support I have received from officers calling me, is that they want me to come back hard on the road, and I won’t let them down. I will be giving a hundred per cent on a daily basis to make sure that people feel a little safer in the country.”
Retired senior superintendent Johnny Abraham has been named as head of the National Operations Centre (NOC) and Field Office.Homeland Security Minister Roger Alexander confirmed the contract appointment yesterday as he emerged from a tour of the E999 Command Centre at the Police Academy, St James, saying Abraham was expected to begin work soon.In a brief interview with Guardian Media, Alexander said Abraham will be responsible for the overall operations of the NOC, which includes the E999 Command Centre, which comprises civilians and law enforcement agents.
Abraham will be in charge of the civilian section of the E999 Command Centre, while a senior police officer will continue to issue instructions to officers.Civilian employees are usually the first point of contact with the public in the NOC, as they are the ones who answer distress calls and redirect the information to the nearest police station and/or police patrol.Eager to get back into the field, Abraham, 68, said, “I am going to be coordinating from the Command Centre. From liaising with officers on mobile patrol to ensuring calls for help are answered by rapid response patrols in a timely manner.
“I will be on the ground making sure no one can say the police did not respond, or there was no vehicle available. Nobody will be allowed to lie down and say it have no patrol.”Revealing he had received countless encouraging calls and positive messages from police officers and members of the public regarding his appointment, Abraham said, “It is something I am accustomed doing and I am looking forward to it.”Referring to the iron will and drastic measures he employed to keep crime and criminality down when he was in charge of the Central Division, Abraham added, “The overwhelming support I have received from officers calling me, is that they want me to come back hard on the road, and I won’t let them down. I will be giving a hundred per cent on a daily basis to make sure that people feel a little safer in the country.”
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