ST. JOHN’S, Antigua & Barbuda–The Antigua & Barbuda Police Co-operative Credit Union Ltd., which is celebrating its 60th year of operation, will be offering loans and other services to members who are separate and apart from the Royal Police Force of Antigua & Barbuda and other uniformed bodies.
Claudette Mason, the credit union’s president, said the CU recently updated its by-laws to allow it to open its doors to members of the public for the first time. “We are hoping to go to higher heights. The police credit union is very unique in the services it offers to the public,” Mason told the Daily Observer. .
Mason also told the Observer the credit union will be embarking on a housing project in the near future to improve the lives of its members.
Mason said the credit union has taken steps are being taken to improve its relationship with the government’s Treasury.
“With other credit unions that process monies through the Treasury, this is done in a timely manner. However, it takes years for anything to be processed for the police. They are still owing us from 2013, so we are working on that,” Mason said.
At a celebration for its 60th anniversary, Commissioner of the Police Wendel Robinson highlighted the importance of the institution. He said almost every member of the police force should be able to tell their own story of how they would have benefited from the credit union, according to the Observer.
“I am happy to be a part of the process whereby this credit union would have survived 60 years despite turbulence over the years. We must commend the executive for keeping it afloat,” Robinson said.