Appendix I

U.S. and Other Donors' Assistance to the 

Haitian Police, Fiscal Years 1995 2001

Appendix 

I

The United States the largest international donor to Haiti has provided 

about $70 million in assistance to develop and strengthen the Haitian 

civilian police force since late 1994. The Department of Justice's 

International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program has 

provided most of this U.S. assistance. The Department of Transportation's 

U.S. Coast Guard, the Department of Justice's U.S. Drug Enforcement 

Administration, and the Department of the Treasury's U.S. Customs Service 

have provided the remaining assistance to the Haitian police. Overall, the 

U.S. assistance has funded police recruitment and training activities, 

donations of equipment, construction of police facilities, and efforts to 

improve managerial capabilities. At the end of July 2000, the United States 

stopped most of its assistance to the Haitian police. Other donors have also 

provided assistance to help develop this police force.

International Criminal 

After Haiti's return to democracy in late 1994, the International Criminal 

Investigative Training 

Investigative Training Assistance Program implemented most of the 

assistance provided to the Haitian police more than $65 million in 

Assistance Program 

assistance in fiscal years 1995 99. Most of this assistance more than

A

id

$51 million went to support training activities, finance donations of 

equipment, and to build the police academy. Table 1 depicts this program's 

assistance to the Haitian police force.

Table 1:  International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program 

Assistance to the Haitian Police, Fiscal Years 1995 99

Activity

Amount

Police training and donations of equipment

 $34,402,963

Construction of police academy 

 18,680,474

Program headquarters expenses

 6,357,274

U.S. embassy support and program expenses

 2,477,990

Staff salaries and benefits

 1,838,928

Staff travel expenses

 967,604

Antinarcotics training

 347,029

Program audits

 221,738

Total

 $65,294,000

Source: International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program.

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