A delegation of Kenyan police officers has arrived in Haiti to help the country's national police in their fight against gang violence. The Kenyan officers are on a Reconnaissance Mission following an offer by Kenya to lead an international effort to assist Haiti's understaffed and under-resourced police department. The U.N. has denounced the "extreme brutality" of gangs in Haiti, with thousands of people fleeing their neighborhoods due to the surge in violence. Haiti has only about 10,000 police officers for a population of over 11 million, and gangs control almost 80 percent of the capital.

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