Police steps up preparations for May 20 parade.

The troop was commanded by the Director of Public Security at the General Delegation of National Security, Police Commissioner, Dema Aimé Rémi. It was in the presence of the Secretary General of the General Delegation of National Security, Commissioner Baya Dominique.

This year’s National Day celebration will hold under the theme: “Army and Nation: Together for a United, Peaceful and Prosperous Cameroon”. 

Speaking to reporters after the rehearsals, Police Commissioner Dema Aimé noted that there will be four rehearsals. Commissioner Dema said a few hitches will be adjusted as preparations gain steam.

Rehearsals, Commissioner Dema told reporters, started at the level of the different training centres nationwide. He cited the Advanced National Police School in Yaounde and the Mutengene Police Training College.

In the next session of rehearsals, the Director of Public Security said there are few details to be corrected “so as to give the parade the standard it has always had”.

To the Commander of the National Advanced Police School Yaounde, Police Commissioner Tang Enow Lawrence, there are criteria needed to evaluate the performance of the officers.

He stated that they always take into consideration issues such as how swords are held. The Commissioner described the sword as a special walking instrument for the police that carries with it “a lot of meaning in terms of nobility, elegance and class”.

The second aspect which Commissioner Enow Tang said they took into account was footsteps which are “supposed to be majestic, special. We have to ensure that they do what is supposed to be done”.

In addition to other details, he said they are working to ensure “all the participants are doing the same thing at the same time and the way it is supposed to be done”.

Students from the National Advanced Police School in Yaounde, the Commissioner said, “may be too special, but they have to march with other officers but so far, so good, their performance is good, but there is still room for improvement”.

On innovations, Commissioner Enow Tan told The Guardian Post that: “The novelty this year will be at the level of the squad that will be marching. Last year we had the Level Two police students, but this year, we will be having Level One students”.