Commissioner of Police Mark Payne represented the British Overseas Territories at the Leadership in Counter Terrorism conference in New York last week.
The April 28 – 30 conference brought together current and former strategic Counter Terrorism leaders from the 5 eyes network to broaden understanding of the current issues, threats and risks.
Over the few days, participants were briefed on and discuss the Global Counter Terrorism risks and share information in an appropriately vetted forum.
Commissioner Payne’s attendance comes as result of his prior leadership role within the United Kingdom’s counter-terrorism community.
As a vetted and qualified member, Mr. Payne attended the high-level event on behalf of the Regional Commissioners Group.
Commissioner Payne told ZJB News that the event was highly valuable in strengthening international security collaboration.
He said the Counter Terrorism picture is changing rapidly and current world events are accelerating some of the risks.
Commissioner Payne said it was extremely important that the region and territories were represented at the event so that the best possible opportunity could be obtained to keep all communities safe.