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Police acquire components of crime scene equipment
The Guyana Police Force has finally acquired the components of valuable laboratory equipment that may help the Force emerge from the forensic ‘dark age’ that it is presently in.
Crime Chief Seelall Persaud disclosed on Friday that the parts have been acquired for the gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer (GC/MS).
The Force acquired the GC/MS several months ago from funds provided by the Government. However, the remaining components were only acquired recently.
The gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer is considered one of the most valuable forensic tools, since it can be used to analyse substances found at crime scenes, such as flammable liquids, bomb residue, saliva, fire debris, blood, semen, explosives, body fluids, cosmetics, scalp hair, urine, body tissue, stomach contents, fingernail scrapings, faeces, maggots and poisons.
At present, the Force depends mainly on lifting fingerprints, conducting ballistics tests, detecting gunpowder residue on suspects, confession statements, as well as eyewitness testimonies to solve crimes.
These limitations are believed to be a major reason for the large number of unsolved cases over the years.
In the past eight months, these cases include the kidnapping, torture and beheading of businessman Farouk Kalamadeen; the gunning down of Marcyn King, sister of wanted man Rondell Rawlins; and the murder of a Diamond, East Bank Demerara resident who was strangled and stuffed into the trunk of his car.
Guyana also had to seek forensic assistance from its Caricom counterparts following the killing of eight miners at Lindo Creek.
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