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15 hurdle police academy cycle
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Posted on Jul 30 2019
A total of 15 men and women completed the 25th Police Academy Cycle last week.
Department of Public Safety Commissioner Robert Guerrero was joined by Commerce Secretary Mark Rabauliman, Northern Marianas College interim president Frankie Eliptico, acting governor Arnold I. Palacios, and other government officials at the graduation ceremony.
In a short interview with DPS spokesperson Adrian Pangelinan, he said there was a total of 12 male graduates and three female graduates.
Of their number, eight were from the Alcohol Beverage and Tobacco Control Division under the Department of Commerce and seven were from DPS. The training cycle started on April 29.
This year’s academy was the first time that the Department of Commerce’s ABTC Division joined DPS to increase its law enforcement capacity.
According to Saipan Tribune archives, Guerrero said the police academy gained the participation of numerous government divisions like Fish and Wildlife but, for the first time, ABTC entered its first batch of cadets.
Rabauliman hopes this will be the first of many. “This is the first time from the Department of Commerce. …We are now part of the law enforcement family. And as such, whatever standards were set…we adopted and here we are, a couple of years later, my first batch of cadets. “Thanks to Northern Marianas College, the administration, and the DPS commissioner, they really helped us out. It worked out and I hope this is the first of many,” he added.
Rabauliman said it is important to extend the CNMI’s enforcement arm because of the growth of many other industries in addition to tourism.
Rabauliman said the ABTC cadets started the academy on April 29, along with DPS cadets and, after graduation, the ABTC officers will be enforcing alcohol beverage, tobacco, and betel nut laws.
The officers will also enforce cannabis laws once they are established.
