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Private security firms pledge to support police for Christmas

Nov 17, 2008 News

The Guyana Association of Private Security Organizations (GAPSO) has pledged to work with the police to address the crime problem, primarily in the city, throughout the Christmas season and beyond.
Head of the organization, Gregory Gaskin, assured the police last Thursday that GAPSO, with its 6,000 security officers on the ground at various locations throughout the city, could provide adequate support for the police.
“These are persons who, during the Christmas season, will be working at all the stores on Regent Street, all the stores on Water Street, all the stores on Robb Street. We could provide you with vital information on criminal elements, pickpockets and shoplifting,” Gaskin said.
He intends to invite the planners of the police Christmas security campaign to meet with his organization to iron out areas of cooperation.
Although the police will be putting more ranks on the road for the holiday season, private security personnel could form a vital link in preventing criminal activities, especially in the busy downtown areas.
Responding to the GAPSO president, Acting Police Commissioner Henry Greene said that the police did not overlook the private security services when they began mapping out their plans for the city security campaign.
Greene said that while the Commander of the Police ‘A’ Division did not approach the private security umbrella body, the police have been working with five or six firms that usually support the law enforcement agency during this period.
“Normally, they (private security firms) would come out and help, but over the last two or three years, because of their own pressures, the private security people have not been able to give us much help,” Greene said.
However, he said that in planning the Christmas security plan, private security firms were factored in to ensure that they will be taken on board.
The acting Commissioner told this newspaper that the Guyana Police Force has a plan to ensure a certain type of training for private security firms, and this will go a far way in enabling them to play their part in providing security for the nation.

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