Stacey Plaskett: “Police [in Haiti] have not been paid in many years.”

“I think the other things we need to that are other factors that would be consideration of a place not being safe is the fact that many of the gang members were formerly police officers. Police [in Haiti] have not been paid in many years. and they've turned to violence and to the gangs to be able to sustain their families. So you have in some cases police, law enforcement, militarized gangs that are the ones in control.” (30:45–30:50)

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