SPECIAL SECTION C hapter 8: Special Section The Caribbean 81 DEFENCE THE CARIBBEANAND SECURITY Creation of Defence and Security Forces 1750-1800 1801-1850 1851-1900 1901-1950 1951 onwards 1792 Trinidad and Tobago 1832 Jamaica Constabulary 1853 Royal Grenada Police 1940 Dominica Police Force. 1960 Royal Saint Kitts and Police Force Service. Force. Force. Nevis Police Force. 1834 Royal Saint Lucia Police 1896 Royal Saint Kitts and 1962 Jamaica Defence Force. (1) Force. Nevis Defence Force . 1962 Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force. 1835 Royal Barbados Police Force. 1965 Guyana Defence Force. 1839 Guyana Police Force. 1967 Royal Antigua and Barbuda Police Force. 11840840 Royaly Bahamas Police 1973 Belize Police Department. Forceorce.. 1975 National Army of Suriname(2). West Indies Regiment 1978 Belize Defence Force. Created in 1795, the West India Regiment was an innfantry unit of the BBritish Army recruiteedd and generally stationed in the Britit sh colonies of the Caribbbean. Thehe Regiment ddiffered from similar forcces 1979 Royal Saint Vincent and recruited in other parts of the British Empire in that itt formed an integral part of the regular Britiish The Grenadines Police Army. As countries became independent, they started ccreating their own deefence forces, whichh weere Force. no longer part of the West Indies Regiment. 1979 Barbados Defence Force. 1980 Royal Bahamas Defence (1) Initiallyy, a defence force was created as a result of a strike that security forces were unable to control. The regular forcce was Force. created in 1967 . 1981 Royal Antigua and (2) In 1975, the Republic of Suriname, became independent from the Netherlands and established its own national armed forces Surinaamse Krijgsmachi. In 1980, they changed their name to Nationaal Leger or National Armyy, after the military Police Army Barbuda Defence Force. government took over. Regional Organizations In the areas of defence and security, the countries of the Caribbean share a common agenda and take part in regional forums. Though they originally tended towards integration (mainly economic), with time they have created new spaces of cooperation. 1990 2000 - CARICOM. Caribbean Community ons i 74 Economic integration and zat 19 i cooperation among its members. 4 ACS. Association of Caribbean an g OECS. Organization of States Eastern Caribbean States 199 1 Regional cooperation. c or i Sustainable development olitical and/or eco 198 P nom through their strategic insertion in the world economy. ACCP. A ssociation of Caribbean Commissioners of s SAM. Security Assistance 7 m Police s RSS. Regional Security System Mechanism 7 996 ni Promote and facilitate Territorial integrity, defence against a 1 Collective security system. 200 h cooperation in the development threats to security. 198 and implementation of mec ence and security f police strategies, systems and e D procedures. on i CDEMA. Caribbean Disaster IMPACS. Implementation es i Emergency Management Agency for Crime and erat enc 991 p Agency Security g 1 2006 a Crime and security management oo Emergency management. C within the CARICOM framework. The non-Spanish speaking Caribbean is an area of vast heterogeneity that from the foundation of common concerns has established cooperative spaces. The countries have constructed their political systems and structures on the foundation of their processes of decolonization and maintain strong links with countries such as Great Britain, United States, and Canada, both due to historical and linguistic reasons. Strong links with China have also been developed. In terms of their relations with other countries from the continent, such as the Latin Americans, shared concerns are highlighted in mechanisms such as the Organization of American States, or the Conference of Defence Ministers of the Americas and Conference of Ministers of Public Security, as well as in the growing relations with Brazil, Colombia or Venezuela. A Com 82 a (Belize). PoliceAct,Chapter14:01(Dominica). DefenceAct,Chapter1 Sou nd Nevis). Police (Amendment) Act (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines). Website of the Ministry of Defence (Suriname). Defence Act, Chapter 14:01 (Trinidad andTobago) oftheMinistryDefence(Suriname).Act,Chapter14:01(Trinidad Website nd Nevis).Police(Amendment)Act(Saint Vincent and theGrenadines). r ce: MMiMisissionssioi ns ofo defence and/ord//oror securitsecuriittyy forf ces Antigua and Barbuda p Defence (Amendment)Act,2007(Antigua andBarbuda).DefenceAct,Chapter211(Bahamas).1 Cooperation In case of war or emergencyy, provided that arative Atlaso Defence,Defe Assistance in case of Defence Security in domestic a proper state of emergency or war is sosovevereignty emergency and/or Royal Antigua and Barbuda forces forces security and declared, the Police Force shall serve as a anandd territorytee natural disasters Defence Force public order military force in the defence of the State. Royal Antigua and Barbuda Police Force Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis Royal Saint Kitts and Nevis Defence Force Saint Lucia Royal Saint Kitts and Nevis Police Force f De http://www.resdal.org Royal Saint Lucia Commonwealth of The Bahamas f Police Force ence inLatinAmericaandCaribbean/2016Edition Royal Bahamas Defence Force RESDAL Royal Bahamas Police Force Barbados Barbados Defence Force from Royal Barbados Police Force Commonwealth of Dominica 5 Jamaica :01 (Guyana).MinistryofNationalSecurity andTheDefenceAct(Jamaica).(SaintKitts Dominica Police Force Jamaica Defence Force Saint Vincent and Downloaded the Grenadines Jamaica Constabulary Force Royal Saint Vincent and The Grenadines Police Force Belize Belize Defence Force Grenada Belize Police Department Royal Grenada Police Force The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force National Legislation Antigua and Barbuda - Police (Amendment) Act, 1998. - Defence (Amendment) Act, 2007. rinidad and Tobago Police Force Bahamas - Police Act, Chapter 205, 1965. - Defence Act, Chapter 211, 1979. 5 Barbados - Defence (amendment) Act, Chapter 159, 2013. - Police Act, Chapter 167, 1998. 9 (Barbados).DefenceAct,Chapter13 Belize - Police Act, Chapter 138, 1951. - Defence Act, Chapter 135, 1978. The Republic of Guyana Dominica - Police Act, Chapter 14:01, 1940. Guyana Defence Force Grenada - The Police Act, Chapter 244, Revised Laws of Grenada 1990. Guyana - Police Act, Chapter 16:01, 1957. - Defence Act, Chapter 15:01, 1966. Guyana Police Force Jamaica - The Constabulary Force Act, 1935. - The Defence Act, 1962. Saint Kitts and Nevis - The Police Act, 2003. - Defence Atc. Saint Lucia - Police Act, Chapter 14:01, 2004. The Republic of Suriname Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Police Act. Suriname - National Army Act, 1996, Trinidad and Tobago - Defence Act, Chapter 14:01, 1962. - Police Service Act, Chapter 15:01, 2006. Police Corp of Suriname . 5 C hap ter 8: S p ecial Section The Caribbean 83 Defence and Defence Force’s Mission Defence, sovereignty Assistance in the event Security Forces Country Cooperation to internal of emergency and/or and Territory Order and Security natural disaster Antigua and Barbuda x x x Bahamas x x x Defence Defence/ Barbados x x x Forces Police Forces Belize x x x In the event of war or other emergency,gy,p if proclaimed by y the autorities, the Police Force Dominica shall be a military force which may be employed for State defence Antigua Grenada In the event of war or other emergency,gy,p if proclaimed by y the autorities, the Police Force and Barbuda shall be a military force which may be employed for State defence Guyana x x x Jamaica x x x Bahamas Saint Kitts and Nevis x x x Saint Lucia In the event of war or other emergency,gy,p if proclaimed by y the autorities, the Police Force shall be a military force which may be employed for State defence Saint Vincent and the Grenadines In the event of war or other emergency,gy,p if proclaimed by y the autorities, the Police Force shall be a military force which may be employed for State defence Barbados Trinidad and Tobago x x x Sources: Defence (Amendment) Act, 2007 (Antigua and Barbuda). Defence Act, Chapter 211 (Bahamas). Defence Act, Chapter 159 (Barbados). Defence Act, Chapter 135 (Belize). Police Act, Chapter 14:01 (Dominica). Defence Act, Chapter 15:01 (Guyana). Ministry of National Security and The Defence Act (Jamaica). Defence Act (Saint Kitts and Nevis). Defence Act, Chapter 14:01 (Trinidad and Tobago). Belize GG: Governor General / PTE: President / PM: Prime Minister / DB: Defence Legal functions related to defence: Board / CF: Chief of the Force / SC: Security Council / CP: Commissioner of Police / CM: Military Command. Commission in Command, Responsible for Troop exit Defence Board Country Commanded Directed by Controlled Through another country administration and Dominica formally by authorized by discipline Operations authorized by Members Antigua PM DB DB CF GG PM, CF, others to be and Barbuda GG PM designated. PM, Minister of National Bahamas GG Minister of National SC SC CF GG Security, others to be PM Security Grenada designated. Barbados GG PM -- -- DB CF GG -- Ministry of Defence and Belize GG PM Ministry of Defence and Minister DB CF GG Immigration, CF, other Immigration ministers to be designated. Guyana Minister for National Dominica PTE PM Security, Labor and -- CP CP -- -- Immigration Grenada GG PM -- -- CP CP -- -- Jamaica PM with PTE, PM, Minister of Home PTE DB CF Guyana PM -- PM Parliament Affairs, CF, three others to be designated. Minister of National Jamaica GG Minister of National DB CF Saint Kitts PM Security DB GG Security, CF, other minister to be designated. and Nevis Saint Kitts GG PM Minister of National -- DB CF -- -- and Nevis Security* Minister for Home Saint Lucia Saint Lucia GG PM Affairs and National -- CP CP -- -- Security Saint Vincent and Minister of National -- CP -- the Grenadines GG PM Securit CP -- Saint Vincent and PTE, President of the the Grenadines National Assembly, Vice-president, two representatives of Minister Suriname PTE PTE PTE CM CF PTE the Armed Forces, a of Defence representative of the Ministry of Justice, a member of the Council of Suriname Ministers, a representative of the Police.