PRESENTATION BY Jorge Rojas Vargas, General Director OF THE JUDICIAl investigation ORGANISATION OF Costa Rica AND CHAIRMAN OF THE cOMMISSION OF POLICE CHIEFS AND DIRECTORS OF CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
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Historical account
Creation ▪ November 1994 as the Association of Police Chiefs of Central America. ▪ July 1998 - the Dominican Republic is incorporated. ▪ September 23, 2001 - no longer referred to as the Association but instead as the Commission of Police Chiefs and Directors of Central America and the Caribbean.
At present
Comprises the following countries:
▪ Panama ▪ Judicial Technical Police ▪ National Police ▪ Costa Rica ▪ Judicial Investigation Organisation ▪ Police Force (Ministry of Security) ▪ Nicaragua: National Police ▪ El Salvador: National Civil Police ▪ Honduras: Preventive Police of Honduras ▪ Guatemala: National Civil Police ▪ Belize: Belize Police Force ▪ Haiti: National Police ▪ Dominican Republic: National Police ▪ Puerto Rico: Puerto Rican Police
Observers
▪ Mexican Federal Agency of Investigations (AFI) ▪ Preventive Police of Mexico ▪ BKA of Germany ▪ AECI Spanish Agency for International Co-operation ▪ Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police (ACCP) ▪ French Police ▪ Interpol (Sub-headquarters in El Salvador)
Overall Objective
Strengthen relations among the various Police bodies in Central America and the Caribbean, other police bodies in observer countries and others, for the purpose of pooling efforts in the fight against crime and organised crime both nationally and internationally.
Specific Objectives
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