Today the new Minister Of Home Affairs was on a familiarization tour in the Eastern Division where he met with senior commanders in the Belize District. The meeting lasted about 2 hours at the Racoon Street station but one of the topics of concern was the roof.
In July of 2025 the then Minister Kareem Musa said, "I am hoping that in a month or two, you can come back here and we'll have a roof on this building." which he claimed was being left up to MIDH to finalize.
Well, nothing ever happened.
But now the Minister of Infrastructure Development is also the Police Minister but today when we spoke with Julius Espat, he said that after seeing it for himself he now sees the urgency:
Julius Espat, Minister of Home Affairs
"I just came from the roof, I saw it personally right now. It's in deplorable condition, it has to be done. The Chief Engineer has sent engineers already to do an analysis. So I will now ask for that report."
Reporter
"Do you see it happening within the near future as in within the next 3 months especially being that it's starting to rain again?"
Julius Espat, Minister of Home Affairs
"I will do everything in my power for it to happen, you have to go up there and see the conditions these officers are operating in and it's inhuman."
"Right now I'm just meeting and learning and asking for more information. I met with the senior command this morning, it's been good. It was 2 hours it's been good just gathering information, they have loads of information and a large percentage of the complaint is resources and the roof is a clear example where it is drastically needed. We cannot ask the police to assist us in solving crime if we do not give them the necessary resources for them to do it. We cannot expect the police to be nice to people when the environment in which they are working is horrible. It's basic human nature so we have to be able to, if we are asking them to do the work and do it properly and asking them to be disciplines then we have to do our part, that's how I see it. So I will do everything in my power within the timeframe that I am given to try to facilitate the resources that they need to be able to get the work done."
The Minister is expected to continue his familiarization tour throughout police formations countrywide.
