ComPol Williams, “Security a High Priority to P.M.”

When we spoke with Commissioner of Police Chester Williams today, we asked him about the Belize Police Department’s security budget proposal ahead of the 2025 budget debate. The big question was whether the People’s United Party’s second term victory would impact what the department is requesting from the Briceño administration for citizen security.

 

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police

“I don’t think so, security is one of the high priorities to the prime minister. It is under Plan Belize 2.0. We have seen the government lay down the security plans for the country. As the prime minister and the cabinet did in the first term, investing a lot into police, we do anticipate that investment is going to continue, because while we have done a lot we are not where we want to be yet. But we are going well in terms of making sure that we do what we can to make Belize a safer place for everyone.”