Mr. Ramnarine needs to take command of his new position and request the resources for the job

May 27, 2012 Letters

Dear Editor,
Although I look forward to Mr. Patrick E. Mentore’s letters to the editor and applaud his constructive criticisms and positive suggestions in several contentious areas, I have to question his grip on reality when it comes to his most recent letter pertaining to Mr. David Ramnarine who has been banished to the Department of Development of the Guyana Police Force.
From the quality of Mentore’s contributions I get the impression that he puts a lot of effort in researching for his pieces, but this does not make him infallible; as a matter of fact he ignores the current realities of the police force when it comes to vision and strategy implementation.
As someone who seems very knowledgeable about many issues and their circumstance can he honestly say that he does not know the situation of the Department of Development? That department came into being sometime during the mid nineties and seemed destined to be a crowning legacy of the then administration.
However, this was not to be since the officers who were assigned in charge of that unit were left with very little to do and from there the impression was born that to be posted there meant that you were effectively sidelined from active participation in matters of development and reform of the police force.
I can understand the argument that Ramanrine should not simply roll over and let this country suffer at the hands of those clowns whose only interest is feeding an already bloated ego and to hell with professionalizing the force.
Nearly everyone knows someone who is a member of the force and therefore it is no secret that the department of development only has one small desk for an officer of the rank of assistant commissioner to occupy.
There is no computer nor accessories; no access to the internet for research; but perhaps most damning of all is that the current hierarchy of the force does not have the vision or the capacity to effectively utilize Ramnarine’s skill set. Previous commissioners were themselves hard pressed to task the department because they themselves were in a mode that bespoke a survivalist mentality and a preference to pander to the powers that be.
As it stands Mr. Ramnarine needs to take command of his new position and request the resources for the job; and – as far as practicable ensure that his requests are in writing and copied to the minister who apparently likes to be kept in the operational loop.
As a further measure, having been a part of what passes for administrative, and senior management meetings and aware of the deficiencies of the system, he should be prepared to write position papers and concept notes for the dissemination to the top brass and copied to the minister, at the same time keeping an eye on making his contributions available to the police training college.
In other words he should become a kaburi in their collective flesh that they cannot easily dislodge because the entire country is watching and waiting to see them make other missteps.
Sophie Mangal

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