Strategic Goal 5: Enhance Law Enforcement and Security Capabilities and Strengthen
Regional Security Systems
4.16 Human resource capacity development is a critical component of this Strategy.
CARICOM recognizes that the quality, skills, expertise, attitudes and professionalism of the
people that lead, manage and work for Law Enforcement and Security Agencies within the
Region will determine the success of those agencies.
Strategic Lines of Action
i.
The establishment and expansion of Regional Centres of Excellence will enhanced the
capacity of law enforcement and security capabilities through standardised training and
will strengthen the Region’s ability to work cooperatively and collectively to combat
transnational organised crime;
ii.
The Region will further the implementation of intelligence led policing, community
based policing and other law enforcement and security initiatives through regional best
practice seminars and training;
iii.
CARICOM will encourage the standardisation of training and operating procedures for
law enforcement and security personnel as far as possible;
iv.
CARICOM will promote regional accreditation and certification;
v.
CARICOM will encourage ‘Train the Trainers’ courses as a way to promote
standardisation of training between Member States;
vi.
Member States should consider devoting resources to on-line learning for law
enforcement officials as a way to manage limited resources;
vii.
CARICOM will encourage the development of a proposal to improve data information
systems for training organisations so that they can adequately plan, organise and
evaluate their performance will be undertaken;
viii.
This will be complemented by the development of a database of trainers for security
personnel regionally;
ix.
CARICOM will encourage the training of law enforcement and security officials in
non-lethal options;
x.
The strengthening of regional institutional capacities to implement this Strategy is a
key priority to support its implementation. IMPACS and its sub-Agencies as well as the
RSS have brought tremendous value to the Region and are critical to a sustainable
solution to crime and security issues.
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