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Why the gag?
Dear Editor,
Has anybody realized that the work of the media has just got more difficult? It was decreed that no Police Commander of either of the police divisions can speak to a reporter. Only the Police Commissioner can speak to the media.
When you try calling for the Commissioner, he is never in office or available. Not even the Crime Chief or other senior officers can speak to the media.
What is the rationale for such a move? Is it sheer stupidity, I ask? This is not in keeping with the principles of effective management and administration in an organization. Well, we are talking about the Guyana Police Force here, but hardly does one expect senior officers to be barred from giving information to members of the media.
Where, then, does the accountability start? Who really is accountable at the regional levels? What is the Commissioner trying to do by starving the media from pertinent information?
I would have no problem with this decision by the commissioner if the Guyana Police Force had a proper, effective and proactive Public Relations branch, but that PRO department is sadly malfunctioning too.
With this new rule, the media cannot verify or try to get the correct information on certain cases and matters. And when erroneous and misleading information might be published, the commissioner will have no one to blame but himself. He really needs to leave.
So many unsolved murders; we need a man of action in the seat of Police Commissioner.
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