Police Minister John Saldivar met 3 days ago with 6 of the most senior police officers for a mid-year review of a what has been a very deadly year.
The police are changing tactics to deal with the spike in violence, and murders. They are also decentralizing policing in Cayo South and communities around Dangriga.
We asked the Minister to discuss that meeting with us:
As we also told you on Tuesday, the police command has decided with their minister that Cayo South will become a new police jurisdiction, and it will be separated from the Belmopan Police area of responsibility. Also, the villages of Hopkins, Sittee River, Kendal, and Silk Grass will no longer be policed by the Dangriga Formation.
We asked Saldivar why these changes have become a priority:
The new Cayo South area will get a Police Inspector as the officer which commands that jurisdiction, and he will answer to the Commander of the Western Police Zone. That's the same thing which will happen with the southern villages which will separate from Dangriga. The Inspector who will take command of that area will answer to the Southern Regional Commander.
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