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Discriminating in serving warrants

Jul 25, 2012 Letters

Dear Editor,
Can you tell me whether a member of the Community Policing Group is exempted from being served with an arrest warrant, which was issued by  Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo ,due to a failure of the individual to pay his affiliation fee?
I have concluded that it is apparent after being privy to information which indicated that the Station Sergeant attached to Central Police Station  had affixed his signature and had uplifted an arrest warrant  from the New Amsterdam Magistrate Court on January 9, 2012. The intention was to have it served on a ‘deadbeat dad’ who failed to make his child support payments.
Months later,  having repeatedly  raised the issue with the upper echelons (including the Station Sergeant) the Commander’s Secretary , who on consulting with the Berbice Top Cop directed me to the Traffic Chief.
I overheard the Officer in charge of Central  Police Station, in the presence of the Traffic Chief say, ‘CPG or PPG, I do not care. Have him arrested this afternoon’. That was six weeks ago.
I was of the opinion that the law of maintenance and support instituted by parliamentarians many decades ago , was to benefit those who have need of it. Instead of being a beneficiary, children are denied an adequate upkeep, because some persons are exempted from having the law executed upon them .
My case is not an isolated one. There are  countless mothers who have moved to the courts , but are still awaiting redress due to the lackadaisical behaviour of some policemen.
J. A. Van Keric

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