Ministry of Home Affairs Green Lights New Police Initiative

Earlier this week, the Belize Police Department introduced a new initiative in which it is seeking feedback from the general public, as well as the rank and file of the law enforcement agency, to assist with reshaping its managerial approach to policing.  The pilot project has been given the green light by the Ministry of Home Affairs which also has its expectations at the end of the first six months.  During that time, the department will engage its membership, as well as residents across the country via surveys and other mediums to get a clearer picture of what it is that needs to be done to improve policing.  Minister of Home Affairs, Kareem Musa, tells us more.

Kareem Musa

Kareem Musa, Minister of Home Affairs

“It’s a very important exercise that we are undertaking, one that has never been done before which is an overall assessment at every level of leadership and management within the police department.  Many times we hear a lot of complaints but we don’t take action on those complaints and so this is a systematic approach at gathering that information, not just from officers but members of the public in getting the surveys completed, in getting recommendations put forward of how it is that we can better put in place these management controls that will better the efficiency of the police department.  And so it’s really a structural attack that we are doing in terms of the different precincts and one that I think will yield very good results for the years to come.”