The United States has renewed its commitment to strengthen security structures within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) such as the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS).
This commitment came in a Joint Statement issued following the Second Caribbean-United States Security Cooperation Dialogue held last Thursday, November 10 in Nassau, The Bahamas.
The parties in pledging to work in the spirit of partnership and mutual respect, also agreed to improve ties between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Dominican Republic to promote more effectively regional and international coordination in addressing the security challenges the Caribbean faced.
They agreed on a raft of other measures that would boost security in the Caribean Region, including the need to adopt policy and legislative reforms to implement information sharing mechanisms on a region-wide basis. The sharing of radar and sensor data for the purpose of detecting, monitoring, and interdicting illicit activities in the Caribbean, and law enforcement information such as fingerprint and ballistics data were specified in this aspect of the strengthened security cooperation.
