ComPol Congratulates Howell Gillet MBE Award from Buckingham Palace  

Recently, ACP Howell Gillett, Belize’s National Commander of the Community Policing Unit, was honored at Buckingham Palace with a Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) award. This prestigious recognition celebrates Gillett’s years of dedication, hard work, and unwavering commitment to the communities of Belize. Gillett made the trip to England to receive the award in person. We caught up with Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams, who warmly congratulated him on this well-deserved acknowledgment.

 

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police

 “Congratulations to him. I know that he received MBE or OBE award.  I think he’s not the first police to get that. I got my MBE a couple years ago.”

 

Reporter

“It’s for community policing, I think.”

 

Chester Williams

“Yeah we get for different reasons, but he got an OBE or an MBE, and I have received mine about four years ago. We have had many commissioners before who have also received those awards. So he’s not the first, as you are saying. But I guess I was told that he traveled all the way to England to receive his which I find to be very unusual. But congratulations to him. He went on a trip, which I believe was a great experience to him. He reported in a conference this morning, some of his experience in meeting people meeting with come to policing officers in in London and exchange ideas. And so he came back with some ideas that he believe will be able to enhance our community policing efforts in Belize.”