Anguilla
| Author | George Kurian |
| Pages | 146 |
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Official country name: Anguilla
Capital: The Valley
Geographic description: Island in the Caribbean Sea
Population: 13,254 (est. 2005)
The Anguillan Police was established in 1972 following the departure of a detachment of the London Metropolitan Force that had been stationed on the island since 1969. In the absence of an army, the police also serve as a paramilitary service.
The police force is headed by a chief of police who reports to the Minister of Home Affairs. The island is divided into five police districts. There is a small traffic police and a Criminal Investigation Department attached to the headquarters.
The line of command runs from the Chief of Police to inspector, sergeant, corporal, and constable.
Officers and inspectors wear khaki trousers with either a khaki bush shirt as a working dress or a khaki tunic over a white shirt as a service dress. Both are worn with a blue cap and a black Sam Browne belt. A ceremonial dress consisting of white tunic and blue trousers or overalls worn with a sword and either a blue cap for officers and a white helmet for inspectors is worn on appropriate occasions. Other ranks wear blue trousers with a gray shirt and a blue cap.
There are no formal police training facilities on the island.
As an overseas dependency, Anguilla guarantees its inhabitants all the rights enjoyed by subjects of the queen in the United Kingdom. There are no reported instances of abuse of power by the police.
There is one prison on the island run by the Department of Prisons. It has a capacity of 48 and currently holds 54 inmates.
The sole prison is a minimum-security facility. Prison conditions meet international standards. There are no separate women's or juvenile facilities.
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