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10th
Meeting of the CARICOM Standing Committees of Commissioners
of Police
Date Posted: June 12, 2008.
(HAMILTON, BERMUDA) - The Tenth Joint Meeting of the CARICOM
Standing Committees of Commissioners of Police and Military
Chiefs was held at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess Hotel,
Bermuda, 05-06 June, 2008. The Meeting was co-chaired by Mr.
George Jackson, Commissioner of Police, Bermuda who served
as interim chair in the absence of Mr. Henry Greene,
Commissioner of Police, Guyana and Col. Alvin Quintyne,
Chief of Staff, Barbados and current Chair for the standing
committee of Military Chiefs.
The Executive Director of IMPACS (Caribbean Community
Implementation Agency For Crime And Security) - Ms. Lynne
Anne Williams contextualized the Meeting, indicating the
objective was to review action plans discussed at the Ninth
Joint Meeting of the CARICOM Standing Committees of
Commissioners of Police and Military Chiefs held in St Kitts
in April and to proffer recommendations to the Sixth Meeting
of the Council of Ministers Responsible for National
Security and Law Enforcement (CONSLE) scheduled to take
place later this month. Key items on the agenda for
discussion included-: Justice Protection Programmes and
issues relating to the capacities and methods employed in
the detection and surveillance of illegal firearms;
CARICOM’S proposed Regional Integrated Ballistic Information
Network (RIBIN); capacity building in the area of
Intelligence operations; homicide investigations; forensic
sciences and regional maritime cooperation.
The feature speaker, Senator the Hon. Lt. Col. David Burch
OBE (Mil) ED JP - Minister of Home Affairs & Housing
welcomed members of both Standing Committees to Bermuda and
declared the meeting officially open. In his opening
remarks, Senator Birch highlighted Bermuda’s continued
commitment to its participation in regional security
strategies in view of the regional nature of crime and the
security issues facing the community as a whole.
The Commissioners of Police and Military Chiefs having
discussed the highlighted topics have made several
recommendations to be presented to the Ministers responsible
for National Security and law Enforcement (Meeting in St.
Kitts).
In attendance were Commissioner of Police and Military
Chiefs from Member States including Antigua and Barbuda, The
Bahamas, Grenada, Guyana, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis,
Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and
Tobago; as well as representatives from the Associate States
of host country Bermuda, British Virgin Islands and the
Turks and Caicos Islands.
Delegates also included Directors and other Senior Officers
of the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security
(IMPACS), the Joint Regional Communications Centre (JRCC)
and the Regional Intelligence Fusion Centre (RIFC). Also in
attendance, were invited guest speakers with authorities in
the field of Justice Protection and Customs.
