Gang War, Peace of the Graveyards? Restoring the Police to Rescue the Republic

For a Doctrine of Legitimate Force in Times of Peril In the suffocating heat of Port-au-Prince, between the scars of a weakened State and the fury of territories wrested from the law, a tragedy is unfolding—one that national history had never written in exactly this form.

Réginald Surin
11 Feb 2026 — Lecture : 11 min.
Gang War, Peace of the Graveyards? Restoring the Police to Rescue the Republic

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Photo : Reginald Louissaint Jr

For a Doctrine of Legitimate Force in Times of Peril

In the suffocating heat of Port-au-Prince, between the scars of a weakened State and the fury of territories wrested from the law, a tragedy is unfolding—one that national history had never written in exactly this form. For years, a civilian force, originally designed for mediation and public peace, has found itself at the heart of a hurricane.

Certainly, it would be factually inaccurate to claim that the Haitian National Police is today alone on

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