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Unprofessional conduct of West Coast, Demerara Police

Dec 06, 2009 Letters

Dear Editor,
I bring attention to the unprofessional conduct of police ranks on the West Coast, Demerara.
I am really astonished by the unprofessional behaviour of the police, which borders on corruption, lack of respect for their uniform and disrespect for traffic and civil laws of Guyana.
On Saturday November 28, 2009 at around 6.45 pm in the presence of several residence of Ledestein, police officers instructed a visibly drunken driver to sit behind the wheel of a motor car and drive behind the police vehicle to the station.
This was done despite entreaties from residence who had conducted a citizens’ arrest of the driver of the said vehicle. The vehicle in question was earlier seen in the East Bank Essequibo village of Ledestein travelling at high speed going in an easterly direction, when it spun around suddenly and stopped in a westward direction on the roadway.
Upon investigation several residence of the area found the driver to be visibly under the influence of alcohol.
This discovery prompted the citizens’ arrest. Rather than respond to the seriousness of the situation the police disregarded the drunken state of the driver and the other adult occupants of the vehicle and allowed them to continue on their journey.
I consider this a serious breach of the traffic laws. I also consider this a serious breach of the code of conduct which governs the actions, attitude and conduct of police officers. If I am wrong, someone in the police force should inform me of this.
I ask that the Commander of ‘D’ Division conduct a detailed investigation of this incident, and the conduct of the police officers in question.
Furthermore, I also call on the police to issue instructions to the public on what they should do if faced with such a situation.
Drunken driving is responsible for many of the traffic deaths and accidents on our roadways, and for the police to blatantly disregard the drunkenness of any driver raises serious questions about the nature of police training.
Wazir Mohamed

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