23 New Tourism Police Officers; San Pedro Gets 12!

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On June twenty-sixth, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams laid out a plan to the San Pedro community in the wake of the double murder of well-known tour guide Mario Graniel and tourist Doctor Gary Swank. One of the Belize Police Department’s promises to San Pedro was to hire a dozen Tourism Police Officers. Well, today those twelve officers graduated as a part of a class of twenty-three. This cohort of tourism police officers is not a part of the regular recruit. They were all hired to work in tourism communities that are experiencing crime. Today, the high commanding officers of the police gathered at the Police Training Academy in Belmopan to share welcome messages and advice for the new recruits. News Five was there for the graduation ceremony and Andrea Polanco has the story.