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Haiti - Security : PNH still very dependent of the Minustah
05/09/2016 10:14:17

Haiti - Security : PNH still very dependent of the Minustah
The UN Security Council just published the General Report, on the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (Minustah) whose mandate ends on 15 October 2016. This report covers major developments for the period from 8 March 2016, release date of the previous report, to 31 August 2016. It describes the activities that the Mission conducted in accordance with the mandate that the Council granted it in its resolutions.

Extract of report :

Capacity of the Haitian National Police :

"Gaps in the institutional and operational capacity of the national police remain to be addressed before it can effectively operate without international support. Threshold requirements remain unmet in a number of key areas, including with respect to the police-to-population ratio, the force’s geographic coverage, its ability to respond to public disorder and crime and internal management. Taking account of the recent decision to reduce the number of cadets and the annual attrition rate, the projected strength of the national police is 14,000 officers in February 2017, with a police-to-population ratio of approximately 1.3 per 1,000 inhabitants. This reflects significant progress as compared to the 2012 ratio of 0.98 and the 2004 ratio of 0.73, but falls short of the international ratio of 2.2 police per 1,000 people. The percentage of women will remain at 9 per cent, below the 11 per cent target.

Despite progress made following the creation of the National Police Academy in 2012 and the implementation of advanced management training programmes, an estimated one quarter of police supervisory positions remains unfilled, resulting in weak management. As regards geographical coverage, the police are present in only 261 of the country’s 570 communal sections. Overall, the number of police stations remains insufficient, and more personnel per station are required, particularly along the border and territorial waters, for traffic police, scientific police and criminal investigation.

Nevertheless, the police have demonstrated improved ability to meet public order challenges and tackle crime. During the reporting period, crowd-control units managed demonstrations with minimal support from MINUSTAH. The police also made significant progress through enhanced training in areas such as the judicial police, counter-narcotics and anti-kidnapping. In other areas, however, such as human rights awareness, police oversight, strategic planning and maintenance of facilities and equipment, international support is still required. The police also continued to rely on the support of MINUSTAH in addressing criminality and street gang violence. In this respect, the police still lack an effective criminal intelligence bureau with the capacity to produce reliable information, and criminal investigation resources to prevent and solve serious crimes and to combat organized criminal networks. Despite progress in the implementation of community policing initiatives in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area, the national police lack coordinated and comprehensive community-based programmes countrywide. Overall, while able to function reasonably well in the greater metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince, with the day-to-day guidance and operational support of MINUSTAH, the national police will require continued international assistance to fill the gaps in administrative capacity and to further decentralize services outside of the capital."


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