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Money laundering, illicit drugs, the glamorisation of thug culture, and illegal weapons, are just some of the threats that security forces around the world – including St. Kitts-Nevis - confront daily. Training, infrastructure expansion and community policing are key to Labour’s crime-fighting strategy, as is strengthened multi-national co-operation - both regionally and nationally.
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Crime International Challenge, International Solutions:
Labour’s countermeasures where gang violence and white collar crime are concerned include:- Consolidating strategic alliances with the Regional Security System, the Federal Bureau of Investigations, INTERPOL and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
- Strengthening the human resources component of our security system through recruitment and training; modernising infrastructure; improving the penal system; and legislative reform.
- Strengthening multi-agency collaboration, at both national as well as regional levels.
Strengthened Infrastructure and Operations:
Labour has:- Heightened joint operations by the K-9 units of the police and defence forces, customs and port security.
- Renovated the Basseterre Police Station, upgraded the Frigate Bay Police Station and constructed the Dieppe Bay Police Station.
- Established 2010 as the starting date for the construction of the Sandy Point Police Station and Tabernacle Police Station.
- Taken stops and searches to unprecedented levels.
- Heightened visibility of officers through such initiatives as the bicycle patrol unit.
- Heightened community policing .
- Strengthened the Anti-Gun Strike Force and the Anti-Gang Unit.
- Restructured Intelligence to include a White Collar Crime Unit to expedite prosecution of money launderers and transnational criminals.
- Strengthened the National Crime Commission.
Crime Prevention:
Ongoing initiatives include:- The Police Boys Club
- The Fire & Rescue Services Children’s Club
- The Youth Drum Corp
- The D.A.R.E. Programme
- Community partnerships [example, the National Consultation on Crime]
- Guidance counsellors’ identifying and assisting at-risk youth
- The YES Programme - on the surface a second-chances, job-training effort, YES is, in reality, a powerful crime-fighting initiative that transforms under-skilled youth into productive citizens.
