Kareem Musa, Minister of Home Affairs
"Today was our first all officers conference for 2025, and we had the good fortune of having the prime minister of Belize give his remarks to the officers, the high ranking members of our department. And it was a message of hope, a message of thanks to the officers. As you know, we've had two positive years in terms of crime reduction. And so, we continue to receive the support, the full support of our prime minister and the administration in terms of the resources that we need in this upcoming 2025 year, this fiscal year. We are also pleased to announce, the commissioner alluded to it a few days ago, that we will be embarking on a very grand project with 1000 CCTV cameras all across the country. And so we have that to look forward to in terms of our platform of innovation and technology. And so, like I said, we are very grateful to have had the Prime Minister address the gathering today."

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"The message was to congratulate and thank the officers for a job well done during 2024 and I also emphasized to them that while we did well in 2024 that there is still room for improvement and as we enter 2025. We must look at those areas where we fell short in 2024 and see how we can improve on those areas during 2025. I must say I was extremely grateful for the presence of the prime minister this morning gracing us at the opening and again his message was well received by the rank and file in the room, the commitment that the government is going to continue to do what they can do to invest in the growth and professional development of the police department and likewise our minister, Mr Kareem Musa, his message was on point in terms of letting us know that as the minister he does appreciate the work that we do daily and while we do not get enough thanks from the public, him as our minister is extremely grateful for the efforts that we do everyday in making this country safer for all."