Pengiran Jaya
Bruneian diplomat (1930-2009)
Pengiran Jaya bin Pengiran Haji Rajid (1925 – 18 October 2009) was a Bruneian diplomat and noble police officer who served as the first bumiputera (local) commissioner of the Royal Brunei Police Force (RBPF) from 197 to 1991.
Police career
Pengiran Jaya bin Pengiran Haji Rajid was born in Brunei in 1925 and began his service in the police force on 24 September 1945. In 1955, he attended a six-month training course for junior police officers in London. The following year, on 1 September, he was promoted to assistant superintendent.
As the officer in charge of the Brunei District Police, he accompanied Sir Anthony Abell during the inspection of the Brunei Town Police's honour guard on 14 November 1956, ahead of the high commissioner's visit to the British Resident's Office. In 1957, during the official opening of Brunei Airport and its new terminal building, Pengiran Jaya, then an inspector, led the police honour guard. This event marked the first time the force appeared in their new uniforms of black pants and white shirts, and it was attended by Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III, British Resident John Orman Gilbert, and Abell. Additionally, Pengiran Jaya played a key role in welcoming Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, during his 1959 visit to Brunei, leading the police band and the Royal Brunei Police honour guard.
In January 1961, Pengiran Jaya was promoted to superintendent. To further his career, he left for Scotland on 27 September to attend a senior police officer training course at the Tulliallan Castle Police College near Edinburgh.
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