 The merged service is determined to beat smugglers |
More focus is to be put on intelligence gathering to stop smuggling into Jersey by expanding an investigation unit. The Home Affairs Department merged customs and immigration services last year, but rotas meant not all officers' duties were well co-ordinated.
The merged service has changed its structure to allow immigration and customs officers to work alongside each other more.
Service chief Mike Robinson said the changes would improve efficiency.
'Exciting development'
Until now, the service's immigration officers and its customs anti-smuggling officers have been on separate shift rosters, which restricted any co-ordination at harbour and airport control stations.
The service said the new structure would see customs and immigration officers working together to provide frontier controls, and more officers allocated to its investigation unit.
Mike Robinson said: "This initiative is an exciting development for the service.
"Not only does it improve efficiency and allow us to increase our emphasis on the intelligence-led approach, but it provides our officers with a more varied and interesting career within the service."
He said the changes had been welcomed by both officers and managers, and that all staff were determined to see it succeed.
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