Poor quality accommodation which looks nothing like that promised on recruitment brochures is partly to blame for helping foreign recruits go home early, has learned.

Police sources said the brochure showed large rooms, usually reserved for visiting trainers in Prospect, which were nothing like the tiny rooms at the student dorm-style barracks in St. George?s in which recruits are put. Last winter three British policemen headed home weeks after joining after becoming upset by the conditions.

A few weeks ago another British policemen finished his shift and flew out to Canada without notice. One source said the officer sold his car to a colleague and asked him to hand his resignation letter in to the administration office but it reached his bosses too early and they tried, but failed, to stop the plane. Police officers must give one month?s notice of their intention to quit. Earlier this week Police officer Rickie Joseph was arrested for desertion and will appear for trial tomorrow.