More Police Substations Planned Following Opening of Lord’s Bank Facility

Friday’s inauguration of the new police substation in Lord’s Bank Village is only one of several similar facilities expected to be constructed and opened across the country in the coming months.  Minister of Home Affairs Oscar Mira says the Lord’s Bank substation represents part of a broader strategy aimed at increasing police presence in rapidly growing communities.  For the Lord’s Bank substation, the ministry is now moving to fully equip the facility with seven police officers along with several motorcycles that will be used for area patrols and community policing activities within Lord’s Bank and surrounding areas.

Oscar Mira, Minister of Home Affairs: “We want to bring the services of the police department closer to our communities. So we are decentralizing the services from the police department. We’ll have a lot of substations being built around the country where we can bring services directly closer to the community. It is very, very important that the community works with the police department and the police department works with the community. We cannot do this on our own. We’re always looking for partnership and who better to partner with than the communities that we directly serve. There will be six officers here and one supervisor. They will man the police station on a 24-hour basis. There’s also a donation of a motorcycle from F.T. Williams and Associates. He was very gracious enough when I went to see him to donate a mobility so that the police that are working here can also move around and do their own patrols in this area. So we’re grateful for that as well. We are doing it by phases. We are making sure that we build those substations as we are getting more personal and more resources.”

Minister Mira noted that additional police substations are already being planned for other parts of the country as the government continues efforts to decentralize policing services and bring law enforcement closer to residents in key communities.