And while Deputy Williams wants the police and social workers to join up, Minister of Human Development Boots Martinez who attended the meeting had a completely different take.
He says the course demonstrated police cannot be mediators because of the conflicts of interests between peace-making and law enforcement. Martinez said an NGO must do it:...
Hon. Anthony "Boots" Martinez, Minister of Human Development
"As pointed out to us the politician and the police are not too welcomed in terms of at the forefront of those projects and so if they were to be successful and they are successful - it would basically mean that government would need to encourage an NGO group and then maybe find the budget for it free and independent of both government and police."
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