| Royal Saint Lucia Police Force | |
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| Abbreviation | RSLPF |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | January 4, 1999 |
| Employees | 1,045 |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Saint Lucia |
| Size | 238 square miles (620 km2) |
| Population | 175,000 |
| General nature | |
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| Facilities | |
| Stations | 14 |
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Law enforcement in Saint Lucia is the responsibility of the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSLPF), [1] which was founded in 1834. [2]
The Commissioner of Police is Severin Moncherry, [3] who commands 957 police officers and civilian employees, [4] in 14 police stations, who serve a resident population of 175,000. [5] Each department or station is headed by a Superintendent of Police and an Assistant Superintendent of Police.
The RSLPF maintains two paramilitary sub organizations; the Special Service Unit, and the Coast Guard, both units are responsible for internal security. [6] Defense is the responsibility of Regional Security System. [7] There is only one non-policing organization under the command of the RSLPF, the Immigration Service. [8]
Military branches: No regular military force; the Special Service Unit, and the Coast Guard, are both under the command of the Royal Saint Lucia Police.
The Regional Security System (RSS) is an international agreement for the defence and security of the eastern Caribbean region. The Regional Security System was created in 1982 to counter threats to the stability of the region in the late 1970s and early 1980s. On 29 October four members of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States—namely, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines—signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Barbados to provide for "mutual assistance on request". The signatories agreed to prepare contingency plans and assist one another, on request, in national emergencies, prevention of smuggling, search and rescue, immigration control, fishery protection, customs and excise control, maritime policing duties, protection of off-shore installations, pollution control, national and other disasters and threats to national security. Saint Kitts and Nevis joined following independence in 1983, and Grenada followed two years later after Operation Urgent Fury, a combined U.S. and RSS invasion of the country. The MOU was updated in 1992 and the system acquired juridical status on 5 March 1996 under the Treaty which was signed at St. Georges, Grenada.
The Royal Saint Lucia Police Force includes The Royal Saint Lucia Police Band also known as The Band of the Royal St Lucia Police Force, which is a specialized department within the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force. The Band consists of Police Constables (PC and SPC), as well as Trainee and Supervising ranks who specialize in Music and Arts.
Band members with the rank of Police Constable (PC and SPC) or above are to conduct the duties and responsibilities of a State Commissioned Police Officer (Law Enforcement) with the exception of Band Cadets and Band Apprentices, both trainee ranks, whom are not sworn by oath.
In 2015 the Saint Lucia police stated that they were under-resourced, with not enough police officers to keep up with the crime case load. [9]
The Saint Lucia police have been accused of keeping death lists and carrying out extrajudicial killings of suspected criminals in an attempt to make St Lucia more attractive to tourists. [10] Shootings by police took place in 2010 and 2011 during a security drive called Operation Restore Confidence, which was aimed at reducing violent crime and boosting tourism following the murder of a British tourist. [10]
A report by independent investigators from the Jamaica Constabulary Force in 2015 claimed that officers from the Royal St. Lucia Police Force staged a dozen killings of suspected criminals. [10] The police then reported the killings as murders committed by unknown assailants, planting weapons at the scene. [10] In August 2013 the US government suspended assistance to the Saint Lucia police in light of rumours of the extrajudicial killings. [10]
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