Today the police department held an event for the women in its rank. It was called uniting women in law enforcement, where several female police officers received awards for their hard work. The organizer Senior Superintendent Dehanne Augustine told us more.
Dehanne Augustine, Second in Charge, Belize District Admin
"As you know, we have Women's Month. We started with the first of March with Church Service. This event here today, this symposium, it will be covering important topics that we as women believe is very important for us for our growth. We have career development. We have about trauma, cancer. You know, these are topics that we do need and we, these topics are only not being heard of today. This is just an opportunity to more emphasize these topics, how important they are for our women. We also have, we also took this opportunity here to award some of our females. In Belize District alone, we awarded 22 females and it has to do with community service, the amount of arrests, the years of service, what do they give back, how do they contribute to the enhancement of our police department."
