First All Officers Conference held for 2025

Earlier today, the top brass of the Belize Police Department gathered at the National Police Training Academy in Belmopan for the first All Officers Conference of 2025. Prime Minister John Briceño and the Minister of Home Affairs were on hand to address the senior law enforcement officers. Kareem Musa announced that the police department is set to fulfill its promise of installing one thousand new surveillance cameras across the country.

 

Kareem Musa, Minister of Home Affairs

“Today was our first all officers conference for 2025 and we had the good fortune of having the Prime Minister of Belize give his remarks to the officers, the high-ranking members of our department and it was a message of hope, a message of thanks to the officers.  As you know, we’ve had two positive years, in terms of crime reduction, so we continue to receive the support, the full support of our prime minister and the administration, in terms of the resources that we need in this upcoming 2025 year, this fiscal year.  We are also pleased to announce, the commissioner alluded to it a few days ago that we will be embarking on a very grand project, with one thousand CCTV cameras all across the country.”

 

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police

“The message was to congratulate and thank the officers for a job well done during 2024, and I also emphasized to them that while we did well in 2024 that there is still room for improvement and as we enter 2025, we most look at those areas where we fell short in 2024 and see how we can improve on those areas in 2025.  I must say that I was extremely grateful for the prime minister this morning, gracing us at the opening and again, his message was well received by the rank and file in the room.  The commitment was that government will continue to do what they can to invest in the growth and professional development of the police department.”