# Edward Broaster

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**Edward Robert Broaster** is a [Belizean](/source/Belize) police officer and writer.

## Career

In 2005, while holding the rank of Assistant Superintendent, Broaster was assigned as Deputy Commander of the Patrol Branch.[1] In September 2006 he was promoted to Superintendent.[2] After the [2008 election](/source/Belizean_general_election,_2008), a conflict arose between Broaster and fellow officer [Chester Williams](/source/Chester_Williams_(police_officer)) with whom he had worked before, for example in 2007 on responding to Belize's first bomb threat against an outgoing flight.[3] Media reporting on the relationship between the two officers added fuel to the fire by pointing out that Williams was an alleged [People's United Party](/source/People's_United_Party) supporter who seemed to have lost favour due to Minister of Home Affairs [Ralph Fonseca](/source/Ralph_Fonseca)'s fall from power, while Broaster was on the [United Democratic Party](/source/United_Democratic_Party_(Belize))'s side and thus alleged to be the new administration's favourite.[4] Broaster accused Williams of making threats on his life, and also accused him of having murdered a man who later turned out to be alive.[5][6] He became the object of further political controversy in 2012 when a document he had written about internal affairs in the police department, known as "The Broaster Report", came to public attention.[7]

Broaster is known for his work against [gang violence](/source/Gang_violence_(Belize)). In 1995 he helped broker the Bird's Isle gang truce involving George McKenzie.[8] He is the director of the Conscious Youth Development Program, an anti-crime initiative aimed at [at-risk youth](/source/At-risk_students).[9] In that capacity he brokered another gang truce in 2010 among [Belize City](/source/Belize_City) gang leaders from Kraal Road, [George Street](/source/George_Street_(gang)), [South Side Gangsters](/source/Southside_(gang)), Supaul Street, and Martins.[10] In 2011 he represented Belize at the [CARICOM](/source/CARICOM)'s Fourth National Consultation on Youth Gangs and Gang Violence in [Trinidad and Tobago](/source/Trinidad_and_Tobago).[11] Under his leadership, CYDP youth summer camps added life skills training and anger management courses through cooperation with Restore Belize.[12]

## Personal life

Broaster is a founding member and the treasurer of the [Belizean Poets Society](/source/Belizean_Poets_Society).[13] In 2007, he released a book of short stories entitled *All About Lawful Affairs!*, tackling the tough subject of exploitation within romantic relationships.[14]

## Works

- Broaster, Edward Robert (2003). *Belizean poems from a grass root perspective*. Brasta Productions. [OCLC 63130972](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63130972)
- Broaster, Edward Robert (2004). *Belizean poems of exciting tales*. Brasta Productions. [OCLC 257363847](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/257363847)
- Broaster, Edward Robert (2007). *All about lawful affairs!*. Brasta Productions. [OCLC 435967869](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/435967869)

## References

1. ["Police Change-of-Command Appointments and Rank Upgrades"](https://archive.today/20120714050548/http://search.digitalreasoning.com/WBIL/05/WBIL2005_79448.txt). Government of Belize Press Office. 2005-03-22. Archived from [the original](http://search.digitalreasoning.com/WBIL/05/WBIL2005_79448.txt) on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2012-04-22.

1. ["Police unveil latest promotions"](http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/8543). *News 5 Belize*. 2006-09-18. Retrieved 2012-04-22.

1. ["Bomb Scare at PGIA Delays Continental Flight for 5 Hours"](http://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=5926&frmsrch=1). *7 News Belize*. 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2012-04-22.

1. ["The crime and the cops"](http://amandala.com.bz/news/the-crime-and-the-cops/). *[Amandala](/source/Amandala)*. 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2012-04-22.

1. ["Supt. Edward Broaster Says Chester Williams Threatened Him"](http://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=10704&frmsrch=1). *News 7 Belize*. 2008-03-12. Retrieved 2012-04-22.

1. ["Scandal & Deceit in the B.P.D."](http://www.belizetimes.bz/2010/05/07/scandal-deceit-in-the-b-p-d/). 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2012-04-22.

1. ["The Broaster Report: Prime Minister Dean Barrow's Watergate?"](https://archive.today/20120630204716/http://174.122.19.218/~national/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=666:the-broaster-report-prime-minister-dean-barrows-watergate-&Itemid=114). *National Perspective*. 2011-07-24. Archived from [the original](http://174.122.19.218/~national/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=666%3Athe-broaster-report-prime-minister-dean-barrows-watergate-&Itemid=114) on 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2012-04-22.

1. ["George 'Junie Balls' McKenzie: The Legend"](http://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=2667&frmsrch=1). *7 News Belize*. 2007-08-28. Retrieved 2012-04-22.

1. ["CYDP Looking for Answer to Youth Violence"](http://7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=14518). *7 News Belize*. 2009-07-14. Retrieved 2012-04-22.

1. ["Truce! A long lasting solution to violence in Belize City being worked on"](http://www.guardian.bz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1185%3Atruce-a-long-lasting-solution-to-violence-in-belize-city-being-worked-on-&Itemid=91). *The Belize Guardian*. 2010-01-07. Retrieved 2012-04-22.

1. ["Fourth National Consultation on Youth Gangs and Gang Violence: Trinidad and Tobago"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120126070004/http://www.caricom.org/jsp/photo_gallery/crime_intervention_workshop_oct_11/trinidad_tobago_nov_11/tt_crime_prevention_workshop_all_pics.jsp). CARICOM Secretariat. 2011-11-25. Archived from [the original](http://www.caricom.org/jsp/photo_gallery/crime_intervention_workshop_oct_11/trinidad_tobago_nov_11/tt_crime_prevention_workshop_all_pics.jsp) on 2012-01-26. Retrieved 2012-04-22.

1. ["CYDP, Restore Belize and some youths play football at camp"](http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/59429). *News 5 Belize*. 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2012-04-22.

1. ["Poets Society Wants You to 'Lik It'"](http://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=2459&frmsrch=1). *7 News Belize*. 2006-03-09. Retrieved 2012-04-22.

1. ["Broaster's latest literary effort: short stories"](http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/7010). *News 5 Belize*. 2007-05-30. Retrieved 2012-04-22.

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