The recent developments with some members of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Welfare Association caused a team of Executive members headed by the First Vice President representing the Caribbean Federation of Police Welfare Associations (CFPWA) to fly to the island earlier this week.
The main purpose of the official visit was to meet with the Prime Minister and Commissioner of Police to get an amicable appreciation of the issue at hand and together determine how best the matter can be resolved.
On Monday, 31st July 2017, members of the Federation reached out to the Prime Minister via telephone soliciting a meeting with him.
This request was denied, the reason being “inconvenience”. The CFPWA is being optimistic that the Prime Minister will change his decision and allow policing issues that are important to his men and women as well as police officers in the wider Caribbean to be worthy of his time and consideration, thus allowing the Federation to mediate on behalf of its members.
The Caribbean Federation of Police Welfare Associations which comprises Association Executive from the Caribbean islands of Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Grenada, British Virgin Island, Guyana, Dominica, Turks and Caicos and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
It is an organisation committed to ensuring that Police Welfare Associations throughout the Caribbean are able to work amicably with their Commissioners of Police towards improving the professionalism of police officers and improving efficiency and public safety.