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Public confidence in the Police

Oct 12, 2012 Letters

 

Dear Editor,
The question is not only why do the police open fire in crowded areas but more, why they would want to shoot at unarmed protesters or at youth fleeing an abandoned car? In evolved jurisdictions lethal force is used only as a last resort by police and even then it is usually employed after a careful process of consultation has taken place up the chain of command.
The Guyana Police Service is in danger of becoming an attack force. Recent police killings and other arbitrary actions contribute to the existing climate of fear, despair and bitterness that in turn has created tensions and conflict between the police and the community.
Modern policing requires a sensitivity to the situation at hand and a determination of the level of threat being faced before action is taken to deal with the given situation.
We must now overhaul the police recruitment process and impose our demand for a more intelligent, well trained force.
Our police force has been starved of vital resources so that even with good management and the best will in the world recruitment standards have slipped. We must insist on a higher minimum qualification for entry into the Police Service and introduce compulsory psychometric testing at the point of entry to weed out misfits, sociopaths and potential deviants.
Once recruited, police should be tested regularly and randomly for substance abuse.
The task is now for the President to appoint a Minister of Home Affairs who understands that to increase public confidence in the police is to increase their effectiveness.
F. Hamley Case

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