
Main table of the 3rd MISPA: José Miguel Insulza, OAS Secretary General (left); John Sandy, Minister of National Security of T&T; Eric Holder, US Attorney General; and Adam Blackwell, OAS Secretary for Multidimensional Security.
Countries of the Hemisphere Agree to Improve Police Training and Technology Management
THE 3RD MEETING OF MINISTERS Responsible for Public Security in the Americas (MISPA III) adopted concrete recommendations to strengthen training and use of new technologies by the police. MISPA III was held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, November 17-18.
See document Port of Spain recommendations for Police Management
Document of Port of Spain: Institutionalization of the MISPA Process
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Insulza calls to "Strengthen Institutional Capacities to Advance Public Security"
THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE OAS, José Miguel Insulza, called on governments in the hemisphere to "strengthen institutional capacities through horizontal exchange and cooperation for the advancement of public safety in the countries of the region," during the inauguration of the 3rd Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Americas (MISPA III) on November 17 in Trinidad and Tobago.
Full text of Secretary General Insulza speech at 3rd MISPA (PDF file)
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Holder: "Police must be Transparent
and Accountable for their Actions"
THE U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL Eric Holder said the MISPA represented a "unique opportunity" to discuss security issues between the countries of the Hemisphere; and with respect to police management - one of the central themes of the ministerial meeting – he said that it is essential that the police use "robust mechanisms for accountability and transparency " and have a strategy for “community policing".
US Attorney General Holder’s full speech at the MISPA, delivered on November 17, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, is posted in the following link:
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Blackwell: "Organized crime
is a problem for everyone"
ADAM BLACKWELL, Secretary for Multidimensional Security of the OAS, said that “international crime is everybody's problem" because "it affects all of society, threatens the institutional stability, confidence of citizens in his government, and challenges private investment, competitiveness and social development." Ambassador Blackwell attended the 3rd Meeting of the OAS Permanent Council Working Group on Transnational Organized Crime, November 16, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, organized during the 3rd MISPA meeting.
Document: Components of the Work Program of the Technical Group on Transnational Organized Crime
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OAS Donates Firearms Marking
Machine to Trinidad and Tobago
"TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Police will use a new firearms marking machine donated by the OAS to mark an average of 300 firearms per month over the course of next year." Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar made this statement at a ceremony to receive one of those machines in, Port-of-Spain, on November 17, during the 3rd MISPA meeting.
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