Shake-up Possible at Senior Ranks of Police Department

And that murder was the twenty-second of 2009. That is an alarmingly high figure considering that 2009 is not even eleven weeks old. And at this average of two murders per week, Belize is on pace to eclipse the 2008 high mark for murders of 103. It is both a human safety issue and a political problem – and there are reliable but unofficial reports which say that Government is considering a shake up at the senior ranks of the Police Department and the Ministry of National Security. Those reports are being widely circulated, but senior sources in the government told us that no such proposal has gone to Cabinet. We know also that CEO in the Ministry of National Security Lloyd Gillett - who is rumoured to be up for replacement - told us that he recently signed a contract extension.