The Belize City Council has been conducting a series of training over the past 3 weeks which they say is aimed at strengthening the effectiveness and efficiency of the services they deliver to the public.. The trainings that are focused on both the technical and administrative functions have been conducted for personnel working within the various departments such as, Traffic, the Belize Municipal Court and the city's Special Constables. 7 News caught up with Deputy Mayor Phillip Willoughby who told us more about the initiative.
Phillip Willoughby, Deputy Mayor
"We had over the past 3 weeks training for the traffic department by Chief Magistrate herself Mrs. Margaret McKenzie. We had with the court and now we are now having one for the Special Constable Unit. It's just to strengthen the department, enhance our capacity and also for capacity building purposes, help us to understand to learn what is our role, how we function, the different type of laws and how we execute the by-laws that govern each department of the council."
Monica Bodden "How vital do you think is it?"
Phillip Willoughby, Deputy Mayor
"Well very vital. Very essential for them for most of them within the special constable unit, they are new and these trainings will help to build their capacity building to understand being knowledgeable and cognizant and how to execute their duties, how to function out there with the public, how to integrate with the public and how to enforce the laws."
Today's training was focused on the importance of building good Public Relations - and was offered primarily to a group of Special Constables at the Municipal Court.
