MANAGING THE CRIME AND SECURITY AGENDA WITHIN THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM)

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MANAGING THE CRIME AND SECURITY AGENDA WITHIN THE
CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM)

• Presented to the 34th Regular Session of CICAD
• Montreal Canada 19 November 2003
• By Col. F E Liverpool
• Coordinator
• Regional Drugs and Crime Control Programmes
• CARICOM Secretariat

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OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION

• Remind ourselves of the threat
• CARICOMs response
• Describe the Management Structure to manage our
  crime and security agenda
• Current Regional security initiatives

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The Caribbean Region as a Transit Zone
STORAGE AREA
PRODUCER COUNTRY
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The A B C Narco-Trade Mark
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REGIONAL TASK FORCE ON CRIME AND SECURITY

• Mandate
• Examine the main causes of crime
• Recommendations for a coordinated response
• Composition
• Reps from Member States
• ACCP, RSS,CCLEC, CFATF, UWI and Sects.
• Chaired by TT
• Reported in July 2002

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CRIME PREVENTION STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK

• Primary Prevention systematic treatment of root
  causes
• Secondary Prevention - make communities more
  resilient to criminality
• Tertiary Prevention Strengthening institutions
  responsible for responding to crime

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PRIMARY PREVENTION

• Progs of poverty alleviation and reintegration of
  marginalized communities
• Review of the International Drug Control Policies

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SECONDARY PREVENTION

• Reducing opportunities for crime
• National Crime Commissions
• Community Policing

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TERTIARY PREVENTION

• Regional LE training strategy
• Improved technology
• Improved forensic sciences services
• Equipping the Police Forces
• Border strengthening - Regional Conference
• Judicial institutional development
• Prisons improvement
• International Collaboration

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REGIONAL DEMAND REDUCTION STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK

• Surveillance, Research and Development/Evaluation
• Policy Development and Advocacy
• Prevention and Education
• Treatment and Rehabilitation
• Programme Management and Coordination

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POLICY FRAMEWORK-A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE

• We believe strongly that - while there will
  always be need for security forces of some kind
  and regional security arrangements - small
  countries like those in CARICOM and, indeed in
  the wider Caribbean, must be active in promoting
  a system of international security that no longer
  holds them hostage to the vulnerability of
  smallest or jeopardizes the development through
  the need for major military expenditure. (West
  Indian Commission in addressing regional security)

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Tools of Implementation

• The tools to implement any international
  strategy are coordinating and implementing bodies
  with specific mandates working within an agreed
  framework and in which clear lines of reporting
  are laid out

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MEETING THE CRIME SECURITY THREAT (ORGANOGRAM)
CONFERENCE
Intl Bodies UN/OAS/ EU etc
COFCOR
Joint Committee of AGs MNS
Sub-Cttee of AGs MNS
CCS
Regional Law Enforcement Technical Committee
CCS
Regional Crime Security Coord Secretariat
ACCP
CCLEC
Operational Centres of Non- CARICOM
States (US,UK,Dutch,French,DR,Cuba)
IMMIG
CG
CFATF
RTCG
CARICOM Sub-Regional Coord Centres
National Joint Headquarters
National Law Enforcement Committee
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CURRENT INITIATIVES

• Regional Information/Intelligence Sharing System
• Strengthening Border Security
• Implementing Community Policing and Police Reform
• Regional Maritime Cooperation