Just a day after a Kenyan police officer was fatally shot and killed in Haiti, police unions in the Caribbean country have issued demands for better protection.
According to reporting from the AP and Washington Post, a leader of one of two powerful police unions in Haiti on Monday demanded more equipment to fight the gangs. The union leader, Garry Jean Baptiste, asked the Haitian government to take the threat posed by the gangs seriously. "Take this insecurity seriously so more lives can be saved," he said.
Jean was speaking at a protest outside the offices of Haiti's prime minister and its transitional presidential council.
President William Ruto interacting with Kenya Police officers in Haiti, September 2024.
