skills available to officers.

And Metropolitan Police training expert Chief Insp. Pat McRory said he hoped to bring about a change in teaching methods -- but one relevant to Bermuda's unique needs.

He said: "The training which is done in Bermuda, I think, uses a different model from that which is currently used in the UK.

"I'm here to facilitate some change -- but it has to be relevant to Bermuda.

Because something works in the UK doesn't mean it will work here.'' Chief Insp. Pat McRory has taken over the training section of the Bermuda force while Bermudian officer Chief Insp. Jonathan Smith spends six months scrutinising training in Britain.

Chief Insp. McRory said: "Police training in Bermuda at the moment appears to be very much about knowledge.

"It's all legally based and highly weighted towards the acquisition of legal knowledge.

"The intention is to develop that a little; to (improve) the application of that knowledge and the skills necessary in dealing with and handling people and, to a certain extent, the attitudes of Police officers here in dealing with the public.'' Chief Insp. McRory said the change of name from Police force to Police service was indicative of a change in emphasis.

"It's about how we deal with people, it's about knowing if you react in a certain way people will react in a certain way. You need to be able to read a situation to know how best to deal with it.'' Chief Insp. McRory said UK forces had found training in inter-personal skills and body language a valuable policing tool.

He added: "It's all about things we do quite naturally, but perhaps don't quite understand why. It's about understanding and developing that.

"And it's about serving the community which we are a part of -- we're not outside it, we are a part of it.'' And he said one advantage of the exchange was that if Chief Insp. Smith saw any training in the UK he thought could be of value, he could contact his replacement and get it underway before his six-month stretch with the Met is over. He added: "There is a very capable team here who want to move forward and I see my role here as enabling them to do that.'' BERMUDA BLUE! -- Metropolitan Police Chief Inspectors Pat McRory (left) who has taken over the Bermuda force's training department and Paul Hoare, who is heading the drugs squad.

BERMUDA BLUE! -- Metropolitan Police Chief Inspectors Pat McRory (left) who has taken over the Bermuda force's training department and Paul Hoare, who is heading the drugs squad.