CARICOM Commissioners of Police are meeting in Guyana
this week to discuss issues impacting on security in the region in light of the
changing international environment.
At Monday's opening session of the 24th meeting of the Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police (ACCP), Guyana's president Bharrat Jagdeo said police reform needs to be ongoing if it is to be effective.
He told the regional police chiefs that they should seek to make reform of the sector part of the culture of the organisation.
Barbados' Police Commissioner and ACCP president Darwin Dottin told the five-day meeting that the principal objective of the grouping has always been to promote and foster a co-ordinated fight against crime.
He said while technology has been a driving force in crime fighting around the world, it has opened the window to allow cyber criminals to hack into privileged security information thereby making the fight against crime much more complicated.
He noted that there was need for co-ordinated strategies to help the region deal with crime.
Illegal firearms, drugs and violent crimes are among key issues to be discussed at the meeting which is being held under the theme "Police Reform-an Imperative for Quality Service".
The current global economic environment and its impact on social and economic development, reducing gang violence, training and the crime stoppers initiative will also be discussed.
The ACCP was established in 1987 with the aim of promoting and facilitating collaboration and cooperation in the development and implementation of policing strategies, systems and procedures, across the region.
At Monday's opening session of the 24th meeting of the Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police (ACCP), Guyana's president Bharrat Jagdeo said police reform needs to be ongoing if it is to be effective.
He told the regional police chiefs that they should seek to make reform of the sector part of the culture of the organisation.
Barbados' Police Commissioner and ACCP president Darwin Dottin told the five-day meeting that the principal objective of the grouping has always been to promote and foster a co-ordinated fight against crime.
He said while technology has been a driving force in crime fighting around the world, it has opened the window to allow cyber criminals to hack into privileged security information thereby making the fight against crime much more complicated.
He noted that there was need for co-ordinated strategies to help the region deal with crime.
Illegal firearms, drugs and violent crimes are among key issues to be discussed at the meeting which is being held under the theme "Police Reform-an Imperative for Quality Service".
The current global economic environment and its impact on social and economic development, reducing gang violence, training and the crime stoppers initiative will also be discussed.
The ACCP was established in 1987 with the aim of promoting and facilitating collaboration and cooperation in the development and implementation of policing strategies, systems and procedures, across the region.
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