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Police Force Corruption purge no publicity stunt
“I am annoyed about it…some of them just doing a set of stupidness and thieving, bringing
a bad name to the Guyana Police Force… they will be jailed,” Commissioner Brumell
Commissioner of Police (ag) Leroy Brumell
“I am annoyed about it…some of them just doing a set of stupidness and thieving, bringing a bad name to the Guyana Police Force.”
Those were the words of Police Commissioner (ag) Leroy Brumell, who told this publication yesterday that he is serious about addressing corruption within the Guyana Police Force.
Commissioner Brumell was adamant that this is no directive from the Administration but rather something he wants to see happen.
He reminded that “173 years,” is the age of the Guyana Police Force and asks rhetorically “which one of them will live to see that age?”
He warns that his directive to corrupt ranks of the Guyana Police Force to turn in their badges by today, is no publicity stunt and said that there are procedures in place to address the matter and warned, ‘they will be jailed.”
He says that when there is an allegation, it is made against the Police Force and not a delinquent rank.
The Commissioner of Police was adamant that Guyana Police Force “is here to stay” and as such it has to be cleaned up.
“The Police Force isn’t going anywhere,” he reminded.
According to the Police Commissioner, there has always been Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) in place to deal with errant ranks but warned that under his watch these will be enforced more stringently.
Brummel, who assumed leadership of the Guyana Police Force last December, says that for too long the Force’s image has been tainted by numerous allegations of corruption.
He pointed to the stage of recruits, who upon making an application would indicate their preference to be seconded to the Traffic Department or Immigration.
“They want to thief,” charged Brumell who says he will have none of it any more.
Speaking at the conclusion of the Force’s 173rd anniversary route march through the city on Saturday, the Top Cop said that he was irked by a recent item in the press which called for the fight against corruption to start with the Guyana Police Force, which was described as the most corrupt organization in the country.
In declaring what he described as an amnesty, Brumell who was presiding at his first anniversary celebration as the nation’s top lawman, acknowledged that there is need for much work to be done to repair the damaged image of the force in terms of its integrity.
“By Monday (today), if you cannot stop besmirching the image of this force, bring in your resignation. We want this stigma removed,” Brumell told a gathering of close to 1000 ranks and civilians at the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) Drill Square.
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