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Harassment by Traffic Rank

Feb 11, 2013 Letters

Dear Editor,
I would like to voice my concern about the way some traffic ranks go about their duties especially a particular female rank who rides a motorcycle (licence number given). This particular rank rides around Georgetown sometimes on streets where there is hardly any traffic and if she finds anyone in violation no matter how minor it might be, she orders those individuals to drive to the police station, irrespective of their commitments. If one asks any questions they are rudely told to keep quiet and further threatened with additional charges.
If every traffic rank were to order traffic violators to Brickdam or Eve Leary for minor offences we surely will have absolute chaos at these stations
Instead of issuing a ticket or taking down the details such as licence and fitness and issuing a summons, asking one to drive to the station with the rank close attendance now seems to be the order of the day.
If someone has a doctor’s appointment or has to make court appearance and they are compelled by ranks to go to the station for minor offences, it places them in a precarious position.
I think this behaviour by ranks is tantamount to treating citizens like criminals.
Nowhere in the Caribbean or North America do we find the police behaving in this manner. As the saying goes, “Only in Guyana”
Sometime ago, previous Commissioners of Police made it clear that traffic ranks should desist from this practice.
David Williams

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