Belizeans are Concerned About Increase in Cartel Activity in the North

The rise in cartel activity near Belize’s border with Mexico is becoming a major worry for Belizeans traveling to the neighboring country. This concern was highlighted in a recent survey by Viking Strategies. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams shared his thoughts on the poll’s findings.

 

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police

“The fact that we have increased accessibility to social media will certainly increase the population’s ability to be able to get news or to hear news and will make people concerned.  That is a good thing, it’s not something bad and I do, contrary to what you may think, I do embrace the polling.  I think that the concerns of people are legitimate.  If a crime happens in a community, the whole community should be concerned.  So we cannot take it as something negative, I think that the fact that more and more people are aware or are concerned of crime, it is going to have them participate more in terms of preventing crime.  So I certainly support the poll and I see it as something positive and we’ll see what we can do to work more closely with the public and if you notice what we have been doing with this fourth quarter of this year, I have impressed upon my officers to do more community policing outreach.  “