Joy of Christmas

Policing can be particularly difficult in a small community like Cayman Brac, where officers are very familiar and an integral part of society in every way.

Though the long arm of the law is often only felt when a wrong has occurred, the officers of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service, (RCIPS) on Cayman Brac reached out to the people of their Island this season to spread some Christmas joy.

The officers decided to each select one member of the community they thought needed a little extra Yuletide cheer and, from their own pockets, purchased a gift for them.

The choice of who to buy for was left entirely up to each officer, said Sergeant Casey Conolly, who came up with the idea. He added that the recipients were people who don’t usually see police officers or who generally have negative contact.

On Christmas Eve, eleven officers out of a total staff of thirteen staff members in the Brac Police Service, took a break from regular duty or from their own Christmas preparations and turned up at the station with their gifts.

The group travelled around the Brac in a school bus to deliver the presents. Most of the people who received them were senior citizens, but a few were young people, according to Sergeant Conolly.

“The gifts were given to people of all different ages and from different walks of life. Every officer had a special feeling afterwards. All the officers jumped on this idea and everyone agreed to it straight away. I’m sure that this will be repeated next year,” he said.

“We had intended to use the Brac Police social fund to buy candy for the kids, but we were all very busy dealing with the Cubans here. Next year we will include the children,” said Sergeant Conolly.

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