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And Lovell says the funds can but won't be used to fix up the police department's substandard, often sub-human detention cells. The issue has been the center of grassroots activist Yaya Marin Coleman's ongoing protest and while she has focused on the city, Lovell said he went to the Belmopan cell, and it was nothing nice:…

Rt. Col George Lovell - CEO, Ministry of National Security

"I had an opportunity to visit the one in Belmopan and when I went there the stench, the odour you have in there. Then you have our police officers working in there and I had to go and ask if there is anything we can do in the interim because we have to try and fix what we have right now before we can the purposely designed cells that are well ventilated and away from where we have our constant day to day movements of people and those who administrate the police station. So certainly we need to look at those areas and we will be looking at them but I cannot make any promises it will happen any time soon even though yes the monies can be used for that. I think it's the government of Belize and my ministry's responsibility to ensure that we provide using our own resources if we can. I don't mind having them contributing to it but if if we can, we need to address these things."

Lovell says it may be included in the police budget for the upcoming fiscal year.