And while they are stretched thin, the police should be flush with cash. The government had allocated a million dollars towards the Police department's Northern operations in the current fiscal year to strengthen their presence along the Belize - Mexico border. But with all the heightened narco activity these past few weeks, the Compol says that they had no other choice but to ask GOB for extra funds to increase their resilience along the border. The compol told us how much more they got and for what it will be used.
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"Well the truth is the government has spent over a million dollars, a million was in the first instance since then we have gone back to the prime minister and made a request for additional funds and those were also approved. As I have said before, the government has shown its commitment in making sure that we are able to police the northern corridor as well as the northern border areas and so the monies are being spent in that area looking at resources for the team to operate effectively. We have purchased ammunition, we have purchased firearms, vehicles, drones, body armour name it we have done so with a due to make sure the officers who work along the northern border are equipped and safe. And yes one can say that we still say instances now and then and certainly the border area is extremely huge and very porous so there will be instances now and then but the truth to be told we have seen a tremendous reduction in those instances. I think that the team the police and the BDF working along the northern irregular border area are doing exemplary work and the work they are doing has yielded great success and we have seen a significant reduction in the cartels coming over to Belize."
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