PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Haiti will replace the head of its national police force, Frantz Elbe, with former chief Rameau Normil, the prime minister's office said on Friday, as the country faces a ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Haiti will replace the head of its national police force, Frantz Elbe, with former chief Rameau Normil, the prime minister's office said on Friday, as the country faces a ...

A former national police chief who was fired over his inability to stem the tide of armed gang violence gripping Haiti has once again been tapped to lead the country’s beleaguered police force.

For his part, Normil had headed the national police from mid-2019 to late 2020 under former President Jovenel Moise, who was assassinated in 2021. Prior to that, he oversaw the detective division.

The national police force has shrunk to fewer than 9,000 members, according to the United Nations, from as many as 15,000 three years ago, after many officers quit or left the country, among other ...