The Constable, Richard Dupré, said that the officers would be on hand to chat to parishioners over a cup of tea and, it was hoped, generate interest in potential recruits.
‘People tend to think that honorary police duty is very time consuming,’ he said, ‘but in fact officers are only on duty one week in every five, which is not that onerous.’ The parish is down by four on its complement, which Mr Dupré said compared well with some other parishes, but that includes one Centenier.
In February the parish was fined £5,000 by the Royal Court for its failure to find a Centenier, and told by the Deputy Bailiff in court that it needed to redouble its efforts to find one.
If a new Centenier was not found by mid-April, the Court would have to consider imposing a daily or weekly fine until a new Centenier came forward.
The open evening starts at 5.30 pm, the same evening as St John’s School open day.
