haiti national police

Violence erupted at Saint-Ignace College in Petit Goâve when Democratic Opposition Bloc (BOD) protestors hurled stones at Departmental Unit for Maintenance of Order (UDMO) officers. The protestors wanted release of students held captive. In response UDMO tear-gassed BOD and students became caught in the conflict, fainting.

Alain Pierre instructed the victims to come Wednesday to meet the Mixed Liberation Front, and a report of UDMO's transgressions would be sent to Minister Delva.

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Here is a picture of the new Police in Haiti. Several police Officers were detected horse back riding. This is in the objective to provide better security to the population.

For the past several years, Haiti National Police has has contributed tremendously in the improvement of security in Haiti.

With this new approach, having some Police officers policing some neighborhoods on Horse will further improve security

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The National Police of Haiti (NPH) has graduated its first class of cadets, 1,058; 111 of them female.

The long-term goal of Development Plan 2012-2016 NPH is to have 15,000 police on the streets in Haiti by 2016. In order to achieve this, the NPH Academy must graduate 1,000 police cadets each year.

Present at the ceremony to congratulate the 24th Promotion Class were President Martelly, Parliament leaders, government ministers, and NPH senior officers.

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Here is a picture of the 24th promotion of Haiti National Police during its graduation in December 2013.

1,058 new police officers, including 114 women graduated and became new Police officers

President Michel Martelly was accompanied with the Minister of Justice and Public Safety, the President of the Senate, the President of the Chamber of Deputies, the Director General of the National Police and the Divisional Commissioner

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According to WikiLeaks Haiti, Haitian business organizations and members of the country's elite used the Haitian police as their own private army after the 2004 coup D'Etat that ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

This was based on secret US Embassy cable. It reported that Fritz Mevs told the Embassy that the president of the Haitian Chamber of Commerce, Reginald Boulos, had distributed arms to Haiti national police and had called on others to do so in order to provide cover to his own actions.

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According to WikiLeaks Haiti, Fritz Mevs asked the U.S. Embassy if the U.S. would oversee a program under which the private sector in Haiti could legally buy guns for Haitian National Police. Fritz Mevs did not trust either MINUSTAH or the Haitian National Police to properly control the issuance of weapons.

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This is as it is presented here in their white and imposing uniform during the Haiti National Police. We are hoping that Haiti could reestablish an army or a military force that can be use to provide security.

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