The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service(RCIPS) will host a major crime prevention seminar in early October.

The event, which is open to business owners, those involved in the tourism sector and community representatives, will be held on Thursday, 3 October, at the Westin Hotel on West Bay Road. It will open at 9.30am and close at 2.00pm.

The presentations will appeal to a wide variety of people as they include commercial, residential, marine and financial crime prevention advice. There will be a host of speakers from the RCIPS and the keynote speaker will be The Hon. William Shagoury, Custos Rotulorum & Chairman of the Clarendon Crime Prevention Committee. He will discuss ‘The Role of the Crime Prevention Committee in the National Crime Reduction Strategy’.

Those attending will also have an opportunity to visit a number of booths where crime prevention information and the latest security equipment will be on display.

Chief Inspector Angelique Howell, the driving force behind the seminar, is keen to see as many people as possible attend. Her officers are liaising with Neighbourhood Watch Coordinators throughout the Cayman Islands to raise awareness of the event. Invitations have also been disseminated via the Chamber of Commerce and the Cayman Islands Tourism Association for their members to attend and take advantage of the raft of information that will be available.

“While overall crime is falling, burglaries continue to rise,” said CI Howell. “ That’s why we felt it was important to bring together our partners in the tourism and business sectors as well as Neighbourhood Watch Coordinators, so that we can all work together to reduce its impact on the Cayman Islands.

“Over the past three years Clarendon, Jamaica, has benefitted from a consistent reduction in crime. Much of this can be attributed to the efforts of the Crime Prevention Committee led by Custos Shagoury. We are delighted that he has accepted our invitation to come to Cayman and share some of his experiences with us.

“It promises to be a very worthwhile and informative seminar. We are grateful to our partners for working with us on the project and we are sure that everyone who attends will leave better informed and better prepared to play their part in reducing crime in Cayman.”

Partners working with the RCIPS are the Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce, the Westin, Cayman Crime Stoppers, Cayman First, CITA, Book Nook and Cayman National Bank.