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The decision that two security companies in Suriname would be co-charged with police surveillance has been announced today on hold put. This decision was taken by the Ministry of Justice and Police after a meeting with the board of the Surinamese Police Association (SPB).
The federal board has indicated that the constitution and the police charter do not offer the possibility that security companies are charged with police surveillance. The ministry has taken into account the views of the board of the police union.
It was previously announced that the companies INPROSER and PPS would provide assistance to the police in the surveillance. “Over the past period there have been fruitful discussions between the Suriname Police Force (KPS) and INPROSER. The request from the corps was to obtain assistance in providing surveillance services within large Paramaribo,” INPROSER reported.
The SPB is strongly opposed to using private security companies to fight crime. “Security companies are not there to ensure law and order. It is clearly stated both in the constitution and in the police charter who will take care of it,” SPB secretary Revelino Eijk told the Surinamese newspaper de Ware Tijd.
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