US, Canada Supply Haitian Police With Armored Vehicles

The United States and Canada have delivered armored vehicles and other security equipment to Haiti, to help local authorities in the fight against gang violence amid a grave humanitarian crisis, a joint statement from the US and Canadian governments, released by the US State Department, says.

"Today, U.S. and Canadian military aircraft arrived in Port-au-Prince, Haiti to transfer vital Haitian government-purchased security equipment, including tactical and armored vehicles, and supplies to the Director General of the Haitian National Police (HNP). The delivery of the equipment was part of a joint operation involving U.S. Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft," the joint Saturday statement says.

According to the release, the US and Canada are working on strengthening Haiti's capacity to train additional police officers and improve law enforcement operations.