Earlier we told you about the media boycott of police news. So, then, you might be asking why our next story is about the Belize Police Association? Well the association has nothing to do with the senior command - it's an association that exists to look out for the welfare of officers - and in doing that, they often clash with the senior command.
Now the association is holding a raffle to raise funds for a scholarship program to benefit Police officers. The raffle has three grand prizes and plenty raffle tickets to go around. The president of the Association told us more...
Eldon Arzu, President of The Belize Police Association
"The purpose of this raffle is to commence a scholarship program which will benefit police officers and their children. The raffle has three prizes. The first prize being a 2012 Jeep Liberty, The second prize is a motorcycle, and the third prize is a 43-inch flat screen TV."
Sahar Vasquez, reporter
"So the money made from the tickets goes to the police officers?"
Eldon Arzu, President of The Belize Police Association
"The idea is to start a scholarship program which will benefit police officers and their children. You may have been aware that several years ago there was a study that was done by Harold Crooks and in that study Crooks recommended that in order to hold certain positions in the police department they were suggesting that these officers would go back to school and educate themselves further so um this is one of the steps that the association is making to start that initiative. In order to police in this 21st century the police likewise need to be educated."
Raffle tickets are available at all Police Formations. Each ticket is $25 and a raffle book is $250. The drawing date is October 28th at the Police Training Academy.
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