St. John’s, Antigua: At the recently concluded Caribbean Federation of Police Association (CFPA) Conference held in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, representation was made by two members of seven police forces to effect change that will govern disciplinary action, salaries, officers’ rights to education and training, and officer welfare throughout the Caribbean through examining the constitutions governing several police forces in the region to tailor one document, which will serve all its member states, according to an Observer report.
The conference drew participation from Antigua & Barbuda, Anguilla, The Bahamas, St Vincent & the Grenadines and Barbados.
John Williams, Antigua’s Public Relations Officer of the Police Welfare Association, said, “The group will meet in May again to go through the constitutions of all the countries since every country has a different constitution so we can have one document to govern all the countries”. William and the Association’s Chairman, Sergeant Lyndon Isaac, attended the two-day conference geared at forming synergies through the region to effect modern policing in the 21st century and beyond.
The PRO said efforts would be made to improve entitlements of the nation’s first responders. However, it is unclear how soon the policy is likely to be implemented. Additionally, an interim executive was elected to run the affairs of the Association. Branton Smith of St. Vincent leads the pack as President with Michael Sobers of Barbados as Vice President. Bride Smith of the Bahamas will serve as Secretary and Williams fills the post of Treasurer.
