The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service says deployed eight of its officers to Anguilla to help police on that island with gang violence.
Six firearm officers, a police inspector who is a tactical firearms commander and a drone operator, will be spending a month in Anguilla to bolster the work of the Royal Anguilla Police Force in tackling an escalation of serious crime on the island.
There has been a rise in shootings on Anguilla recently.
Two men, 22-year-old Jaheim Gumbs and a 31-year-old Rashe Hodge, were shot dead in separate shootings on May 9, and a tourist and a local teen were injured in a shooting on May 6 at the island's Blowing Point Ferry Terminal.
Last week, the governor of Anguilla, Julia Couch and the island's premier, Cora Richardson-Hodge, met with the UK Minister for the Overseas Territories,
Stephen Doughty, to discuss the rise in gun crime and gang tension.
During those talks, Mr. Doughty pledged additional UK support to reinforce Anguilla's police service, including sending officers to the island from Britain and Cayman.
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