Often-times on the news - you'll hear members of the public complaining about the police. Some of the criticisms are fair; some are not, but the truth is that the Department remains a ripe target for criticism because many of its officers lack training and professional development.
But that's what's been happening at the Police Training Academy in Belmopan this week: Management Training for Inspectors.
A few of the participants told us what they were learning and how they plan to put it to use:..
Inspector John Sanchez, Deputy Commander, ADU
"This training was geared up all about police management. It was geared towards preparing us as managers - as young managers in the senior officer bracket of the police department - to better plan, organize and lead our officers in the daily execution of their duty, and by extension our deliverance of service to the wider public, which we are mandated to do."
Inspector Santiago Ciau, Commander Homicide Unit
"We also trained on analyzing evidence - how to represent evidence in court, what type of evidence you with need to present in court, and likewise, how we deal widely on police corruption. We also looked at what measures needs to be taken to stop corruption, and police brutality, and measures that needs to be taken to minimize it or to stop it on a whole. We also did the drills for police officers because there will come a time that you will need to do you training and drilling is a part of the training that we need to teach."
W/Insp. Sherelette Ramclam, Chief Clerk, Belmopan H.Q
"It's a forward for the police department that we can have better training, and it will enable us to be more professional in our jobs as police officers/public officers. Our duty is for the public. One of the interesting topic for me was community policing, and it is not only one of police business. It's the whole community and the society so that we could be better enable to solve the problems that we have in our country."
The training started two weeks ago and finished today.
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