US Embassy teams up with local police to enhance community policing
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Contact: Claudia Monlouis
Monday, September 27, 2010 – The Royal Saint Lucia Police Force is seeking to reinforce the benefits of community policing amongst the rank and file of the force. To that end a recent workshop was facilitated by officials of the United States Embassy in Barbados and sought to build on the successes of community policing which has been achieved by the local police.
The community policing programme was initially introduced in communities like Marchand and has been met with much success.
Political Officer of the US Embassy David Seckinger, says community policing is something that has been tested in a number of cities in the United states with good success.
“In the United states we have recently established our Caribbean basin initiative which is going to be a 46 million dollar venture this year and 75 million dollars next year. This is money that will be spent in the Caribbean—a lot on anti-crime activity. We are trying to see if community policing is an activity that might fit into the overall anti-crime programme.” The workshops were interactive sessions where specific scenarios were discussed. During these sessions, Wexler presented cases for behavioural changes and approach to authority for both groups in order to attain full cooperation within the society. |
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