Minister Musa Says Raccoon Street Police Station Will Be Replaced

Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa told News Five that the Raccoon Street Police Station in Belize City continues to be plagued by longstanding structural problems.

He said that these issues can no longer be solved by temporary fixes. Speaking in the aftermath of a viral video showing rain pouring inside the station, Musa said the time has come for a complete overhaul.

“As you know, the Raccoon Street Police Station has been suffering these leaks for decades,” he said. “We keep doing patchwork to it, but it’s obvious that we need a completely new building.”

Musa said that replacing the station will not be a minor undertaking. “That’s going to be a significant investment that’s going to be required to replace such a huge police station as Raccoon Street,” he explained. “And so that is obviously going to be the long-term plan to replace the building altogether.”

In the interim, the ministry is considering short-term strategies to address the current conditions. “It does require that we take some short-term strategies, maybe even find a new location for a lot of the offices on Raccoon Street and do some of the remedial work on the building itself in terms of the roof,” Musa added.