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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of the GPF
Dear Editor,
On Sunday 21st February 2010, approximately between the hours of 20:30 and 21:00 hrs, I was stopped by a police patrol unit. I was told that the vehicle I was driving (PKK 8435) looked suspicious and that they (the police) needed to do a routine search of the vehicle. I understand that it looked suspicious because there were three men in the car.
The first thing I told them is that I had stopped to check my tyres because I had felt an uneven balance in them which was due to an air problem in two of the tyres. I would like to thank the guys who work at RRT for verifying this for me the next day.
The police asked everyone to come out of the car, as the designated driver I put on the internal lights and opened all of the car doors and also the trunk and turned off the ignition.
All of this while I was still in the grass checking my wheels. The three occupants of the car came out, I did not wait for the police to check me, and instead I volunteered by removing my blue and white Adidas jersey and then emptied the pockets of my tennis pants. I then stood aside.
I watch the police then literally abusing my Rastafarian friend by pushing their hands into his pockets and telling him to remove a rag that he had on his head. I stood there asking myself what was the reason for this, if it’s because he is a Rasta.
God knows, this is one of the most conscious Rastas around. All the police found was cash, hard, honest earned cash. The other individual in my crew was dressed very simple, a t-shirt, pants and elegant jewellery.
At the end of the 25 minutes routine check, the police did not even find a piece of thread. So we then continued our journey to Georgetown.
Once again on February 23rd I was stopped by a police patrol unit at around 15:30hrs at the intersection of Sussex Street and Cemetery Road, this time I was alone, driving the same car PKK 8435.
Now I have never seen more polite officers than these guys, they were too polite. I myself was surprised. I gave them the info that they asked for and it didn’t even take four minutes.
I appeal to the Commissioner of Police to have all our officers trained as good as these officers were, they treated me with respect, as a true Guyanese, and their approach was “Excellent in every manner”.
Let us all live and treat each other as we should, with respect, courtesy and kindness, no matter what!
Phillip Squires
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