PNP 10-POINT ANTI-CRIME PLAN

1. Improve morale of members of the security forces and bolster the legal defence fund for police officers. It is difficult to call on them to confront the problems of criminals in the street with morale so low. Immediate programme needed to repair facilities in which the police work.

2. Immediate recruitment to bring police force to full strength. The police force is understaffed by some 3,500.

3. Provide the force with the mobility it needs to carry out its work. Provide 800 new cars to improve police mobility. Cancel the present contract for the importation of used cars. 4. Bring an end to political interference in the operations of the security forces. Prime minister and national security minister should stop all interference in the operations of the police force. PNP will not be party to any political interference in the force, and no minister or prime minister should determine who gets promoted.

5. Immediately increase resources for crime fighting. Government must make crime fighting a priority.

6. Establish a special major investigation task force.

7.Deal with corruption. 8. Accelerate justice reform – additional resources for court facilities as well as increasing the number of judges, prosecutors and legal support for investigators. Fasttrack cases involving gang activities and organised crime.

9. Ramp up international cooperation. Cooperate with international partners with respect to intelligence and prosecutions of organised crime in relation to lottery scamming, gunrunning and drug trafficking.

10. Strengthen key social interventions immediately.