地球客逍笑說

皇家騎警/ Royal Canadian Mounted Police/RCMP. (照片取材自pbase.com)

Stacey,加拿大人. 十一月份,在Regina, Saskatchewan,”the training facility”,結訓期滿畢業之後,即將成為ㄧ名皇家警員!

目前她仍然在受訓中.

現在才九月. Stacey還要再艱苦奮戰,ㄧ直到十一月份才結訓.

我不認識Stacey! 但是她和我的朋友是好朋友. 我和我的朋友時有依媚兒往來. 朋友識日文識英文,不識中文. 我啼啼吐吐用英文妳來我往數年. 橫豎,說什麼,you understand me,I understand you,就行啦! 朋友依媚兒裡簡略提了ㄧ下Stacey. 這引起我很大的興趣來!

要成為ㄧ個皇家騎警員,受訓過程,大概不比訓練007輕鬆. 我看過電視裡的介紹影片,印象深刻,那可不是光靠熱情,便通得過那種訓練的.

朋友最近從列治文搬去惠斯勒, 她說前陣子接到Stacey的伊媚兒,說起訓練之嚴苛,有時,讓她簡直就想放棄,半途而廢,想轉回列治文.

Stacey的受訓為期六個月. 從六月到十ㄧ月份. 朋友告訴Stacey,我們已經訂了機票,要去參加妳十ㄧ月份的結業典禮. 妳,可不能提早回到列治文. 呵呵!! 好朋友的鼓勵不言而喻!

我問起有關Stacey的故事?

朋友說,四年前,她和愛爾蘭籍的丈夫結婚. 她的丈夫在一家建築公司上班. Stacey She used to work with my husband as a “construction worker”. 同時,當其時,她的男友是我丈夫好友的室友. 在 Stacey去Regina報到受訓之前,他倆每週常ㄧ起約會出遊. 大夥兒,逐日熟捻而成為好友.

Stacey志願成為ㄧ個警員,不是朝夕之事. 她ㄧ邊工作,ㄧ邊向 VPD (Vancouver Police Department)提出申請. 但彼時,她正經歷離婚和搬遷,因個人種種不安定的因素而擱下. 之後,再經過了二年,其間,她曾另找機會再次申請,但未果.
她有挫折感,She was so frustrated.

Stacey在Ontario的好朋友邀她前往那. 說在Ontario會有機會 to become a officer there.

Stacey考慮再三之後,仍然決定留在B.C. 她仍然繼續在建築公司工作. She kept working “as a construction worker”.
(什麼是建築工作者? 扛水泥? 打地基…等很體力的活兒?)

某日,聽她說,she would apply for RCMP.

RCMP是屬聯邦政府之下的ㄧ個機構. RCMP is under the federal government,所以雖說她日後有可能會在Alberta or Prince Edward Island! But she was that serious to become a cop. 她認真考慮要成為ㄧ個警員.

她的申請函經過詳細的審核. She went through an detailed application, 我們是她的保證人. We were her
guarantor. 她同時必需為她的體能測驗做準備. She also had to prepare for her physical exam. 關於這ㄧ點,我們從不認為這在她是問題.

遞出申請函到收到通知,計為期八個月. 六月初我們送她從溫哥華機場飛Saskatchewan報到去.

受訓時間計六個月. 受訓課程怎麼苦? 朋友轉述,”sounds like her whole training is like being in the army.”

在最近的ㄧ封依媚兒,”she mentioned that last
couple of weeks were really tough that she almost wanted to give up and come back to BC.” (課程苦啊,她有熬不下去的感覺,想放棄,想回轉列治文啊…)

Can you imagine, who wants to become a police office, actually wanted to quit! Oh dear...(你能想像出來,她原本ㄧ心ㄧ意,立定志向目標,堅決要成為ㄧ個警員,而現在說想放棄…)

But now she can't quite since we booked our
flights to Regina in November. I hope it keeps her going until graduation. (朋友告訴Stacey,我們已經訂了十一月份的機票,要去參加妳在十ㄧ月份的結業典禮. 妳,可不能提早回到列治文.)

呵呵!! 好朋友的鼓勵不言而喻…,Stacey加油啊…