Mr. Brumell has a hard task ahead and I wish him good luck

Jul 12, 2012 Letters

Dear Editor,
Police Commissioner (ag) Leroy Brumell must be really frustrated – by issuing an ultimatum for corrupt officers to hand in their badges or he is probably hoping that the public would say he is serious about corruption and they might exclude him from the name calling. What is he going to do when he goes to work and discovers that he is the only officer reporting to duty in Guyana? It is no secret that he is put in-charge of the Guyana Police Force which is filled with all types of crimes and allegations about officers.
Rooting out corrupt officers will be a hard task, especially when everyone is scared to go to the same station that the officer works to make a report against him. With the different types of media available for communication, I am hoping that Mr. Brumell will have a special department established to receive telephone calls, emails, faxes etc. with information about corrupt officers, and arrangements in place for the investigating officer to be able to travel wherever the report is coming from and reach the informant personally, away from the police station.
Most people are afraid to report a corrupt officer, because those taking reports might be friends and the person and they would eventually be victimized. Truth of the matter is that most people are scared to enter a station, they cannot afford to travel or don’t have the time to reach higher authorities and in some cases, other officers prevent them from reaching the senior officer or the way the officers talked to people discourage them.
Because of the low numbers of recruits applying to the police force, a lot of people with shady characters capitalize on this and they seek employment in the force, thus they are shielded under the law and continue to operate their shady activities and train others.
Mr. Brumell should ensure that an attractive package is offered, a country-wide Information Centre is are set up that school leavers could get information about what are the opportunities they get when joining the police force i.e., travelling around and out of Guyana, opportunities of furthering their education, the responsibilities they have when they are police officers, the functions of the different branches etc. In that way the police force might be able to get more qualified, honest and serious people who are competent in doing their job, and not for trying to get into areas just to collect bribes.
Guyana is not the only country in the world that pays police officers low wages as they are claiming, although I believe they are getting paid far more than lots of private sector workers. All over the world that happens, and in some cases, movies are made with police actors complaining about their wages. But being a police officer you get to meet all sorts of people, and their financial hunger starts to act up when they see other people’s money and thus we have a corrupt officer.
Mr. Brumell has a hard task ahead and I wish him good luck because as we all are aware, he didn’t inherit the Guyana Police Force with a good image.
Sahadeo Bates

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