– Commander Clifton Hicken

THE Agricola Community Centre ground at the back of the community had been abandoned for some ten years but it will soon be refurbished, according to Commander of ‘A’ Division, Senior Superintendent Clifton Hicken.The Commander along with his high powered team of Traffic Chief, Superintendent Calvin Brutus, Impact Base Head, Deputy Superintendent Wayne DeHearte and OC of Ruimveldt Police Station, Deputy Superintendent Khali

Pareshrsam held an outreach programme in the community.
Residents have pointed out that Agricola has one of the best football teams in the country and the players usually have to use the ground in Eccles to practice.
But Commander Hicken said that he wants Agricola to have a sporting facility of its own. He also acknowledged that the community is well known for doing well in sports, since the time he was attached to the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) and visited there regularly on patrol.
The fence material and labour would be donated by the Ministry of Public Works, while the sand, dirt and wood would be donated by the police ‘A’ Division.
Chief Building Engineer of the Ministry of Public Works, Mr Howard Samaroo, who visited and inspected the ground, said that the ground will have to be weeded, levelled and fenced.
The residents of Agricola said that they would assist in the work because they need their ground back. One resident told the Chronicle that since Mr. Hicken took over ‘A’ Division a lot of work has been done and no other Commander had done so much before in the Division.
Mr. Hicken, since taking over as Commander of ‘A’ Division, has been pushing numerous programmes such as the Impact Albouystown project, medical outreaches, meetings with the business community and forming various Community Policing Groups, among other initiatives.

(By Asif Hakim)