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Berbice police beef up resources for a crime free Christmas

Nov 19, 2009 News

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Division ‘B’ of the Guyana Police Force released its plans for the Christmas Season last week at the New Amsterdam Town Hall.
Among those invited were members of the business community.
The Christmas patrols began November 15, and would end on January 15, next.
Commander of Division ‘B’ of the Guyana Police Force Assistant Commissioner George Vyphuis indicated that during this period, there is the usual rise in economic activity. There are more visitors and there is also the likely increase in road traffic.
All these may provide additional opportunities for those with criminal intent, he said.
The Commander claimed that the Division is striving towards a more secure environment which could be achieved with closer collaboration with members of the public and other divisions of the Guyana Police Force.
The key strategies are increased patrols in crime prone areas and at strategic locations; more intelligence led policing as well as a larger number of road blocks and cordon and search exercises.
A keen eye would be kept on known criminal elements and closer monitoring of the illegal ports of entry/exit (back track operations) at Number Seventy-eight Village on the Corentyne as well as the Rosignol, New Amsterdam, Moleson Creek and Blairmont Ferry Stellings.
To execute these plans all ranks are needed and manpower would be supported by Neighbourhood Police ranks and members of the 49 active Community Policing Groups. On November 27, 34 recruits would complete training and be added to the list along with the 31 Neighbourhood Police ranks now going through the paces.
In New Amsterdam persons can expect heavy police presence in Pitt Street between Main Street and Republic Road; on the three main roads – Strand (Waterside), Main Street and Republic Road (Back Dam), in addition to Angoy’s Avenue, Winkel Road and Mathew Allen Drive.
Generally all three towns – New Amsterdam, Rose Hall and Corriverton in East Berbice, Rosignol, Hopetown, and Bush Lot would witness more police patrols especially in the vicinity of the commercial banks, post offices, markets and main shopping areas.
Close watch would also be in some sections of East and West Canje, Belvedere, Nigg, Alness, Port Mourant, Number Fifty-three, Number Sixty-six, Crabwood Creek and Black Bush Polder.
On the West Coast and Bank of Berbice, the focus is on areas between Rosignol and Cotton Tree especially the Murphy Dam/Bennett Dam zone, Number Four and Number Five, Number Forty and Cottage, Paradise and Beladrum and Blairmont and Ithaca along with Number Twenty-eight, Hopetown and Plantain Ross.
Patrols would also use whatever resources are available to ensure that riverain locations are free of crime and the fear of crime.
Commander Vyphuis spoke, also, of the zero tolerance policy for fire crackers. Ranks are working in tandem with the Customs and Excise Department and their Suriname counterparts to crack down on those bent on importing the illicit commodity, but the porous border makes the job more complicated.
Vyphuis also boasted of a drop in the crime rate in Berbice this year against that of 2008.

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