1. Police Cooperation by Ann-Marie Alleyne Alleyne 2013 Police Cooperation Mexico

2. o Background of Police Coop in the Caribbean o Challenges o Levels of Police Coop o Recommendations/Way Ahead or Forward (your choice and decision ) Alleyne 2013 Police Cooperation Mexico

3.  High Crime: UNODC/WB 2007, UNHDR 2012  Rising Murder Rates: UNODC 2011 Homicide report  Drugs and Illegal Arms Trafficking: UNODC/WB 2007 & Ivelaw Griffith’s “ Geonarcotics milieu”  New and Emerging Threats: Gangs, Human Trafficking, Terrorism and Cyber security Alleyne 2013 Police Cooperation Mexico

4. Geostrategic Implications  Major Drug Transshipment Zone Porous Borders  Islands & Multiple Island States  Unsecure Coastlines  Sparsely Populated Alleyne 2013 Police Cooperation Mexico

5. Large Police per capita ratios but other challenges exists:  POLICE FORCES: Little use of technology and IT, poorly trained and equipped, low wages, low capacity and high demands due to lack of defense forces in some countries  SOCIAL ISSUES: Low standards of living, higher cost of living, low literacy levels, higher unemployment Alleyne 2013 Police Cooperation Mexico

6. Levels of Co-operation HEMISPHERETRAINING US GOV FBI SECRET SERVICE REGIONAL/CARICOM POLICE - POLICE OPERATIONAL LEGAL  JRCC  RIFC  STANDING COMMITTEE OF COPS ARREST WARRANTS TRAINING  POLICE STAFF COLLEGE  REGIONAL POLICE TRAINING CENTRE  NATIONAL SECURITY TRAINING ACADEMY SUB-REGIONAL/ OECS REGIONAL SECURITY SERVICE GOV’T – GOV’T  GRENADA - IVAN 2004  GUYANA – LUSIGNAN & BARTICA 2008 ASSOCIATION OF CARIBBEAN COMMISSIONERS CANADA  RCMP TRAINING & OPERATIONS ASSISTANCE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION

7. Training  U.S. Gov. (FBI, SECRET SERVICE, F.L.E.T.C.)  Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP),  Organization of American States (OAS)  Latin American Countries (Colombia/Mexico) Information Sharing  Advance Passenger Information System (APIS)  INTERPOL Technical & Diplomatic Cooperation  Secondments to Hemispeheric Institutions (OAS.CICTE/DPS)  Police Attaches: MIA, N.Y., D.C. Alleyne 2013 Police Cooperation Mexico

8. Training Police Staff College, REDTRAC (Jamaica), Regional Police Training Centre(Barbados), National Security Training Academy and Police Training Academy (Trinidad & Tobago) Legal & Technical Regional Arrest Warrant Treaty Operational IMPACS JRCC, RIFC Watch Lists Witness Protection Alleyne 2013 Police Cooperation Mexico

9. Regional Security Services (RSS) Based in Barbados and for smaller OECS countries  Training: For Law Enforcement including Police  Operations: Joint operations on Law Enforcement issues *Improved capacity of small Police Forces to deal with crime and security issues Alleyne 2013 Police Cooperation Mexico

10.  State to State assistance on Police matters  Restoring law and order in Grenada after Hurricane IVAN 2004  Caribbean countries assistance to Guyana after Lusignan and Bartica incidents 2008 Alleyne 2013 Police Cooperation Mexico

11.  Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police (ACCP)  Secretariat based in Barbados  Sharing of information trends and best practices among Chiefs of Police  AGMs in May each year 2011 Antigua, 2012 Bahamas, 2013 Bermuda. Alleyne 2013 Police Cooperation Mexico

12.  IN MANY CASES THE PROBLEM REQUIRES A RESPONSE THAT TRANSCENDS NATIONAL AND EVEN REGIONAL BOUNDARIES, EG DEPORTING COUNTRIES SHOULD FUND REINTEGRATIVE PROGRAMS FOR DEPORTEES LIVING IN THEIR COUNTRIES AS A CHILD- DUE TO THE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS OF C´BEAN COUNTRIES.  C´BEAN IS TRANSHIPMENT POINT- THERE SHOULD BE STRONG DEMAND REDUCTION IN CONSUMER COUNTRIES. Alleyne 2013 Police Cooperation Mexico

13.  CRIME IS A SOCIAL AND DEVELOPMENT ISSUE- THEREFORE –NEED FOR GREATER INPUTS FROM GOVTS, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS AND C´BEAN EXPERTS AS A TEAM TO WORK ON VIABLE SOLUTIONS.  NEED FOR MORE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.  NEED FOR COMPREHENSIVE YOUTH HEALTH PROGRAMS. (EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF AT RISK CHILD- INTERVENTION PROGRAMS. Alleyne 2013 Police Cooperation Mexico

14. MORE COLLABORATION BET. LATIN AMERICA AND THE C´BEAN. (NOTED SUCCESS OF COLUMBIA IN THE REDUCTION OF THEIR HOMICIDES. LESSONS LEARNT) SOME C´BEAN COUNTRIES NEED TO URGENTLY IMPROVE THEIR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. (LONG DELAYS ON MATTERS, PROCESSES BURDENSOME). NEED FOR GUN COURTS AND SWIFTER JUSTICE. Alleyne 2013 Police Cooperation Mexico

15. Thank You Ann Marie Alleyne Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police Operations Trinidad and Tobago Police Service Police Administration Building Edward and Sackville, Port of Spain 1(868) 627-9836 (office) 9776@ttps.gov.tt9776@ttps.gov.tt (email) Alleyne 2013 Police Cooperation Mexico