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Police do not have direct access to CCTV – Crime Chief
The Guyana Police Force may not be as efficient as it ought to be in terms of using the surveillance cameras deployed at strategic points in the city and its environs to aid in the apprehension of criminals
The explanation could be quite startling.
Crime Chief Seelall Persaud
Significantly the feed from the cameras are not actively manned by the police themselves but by intelligence operatives located at the Office of the President.
“Feed is going to an organization other than the Guyana Police Force…It falls under the Office of the President. I think it’s an organization in the making,” the Crime Chief disclosed.
This disclosure was made by Crime Chief Seelall Persaud yesterday at a press conference organized by the police to address the issue of rising criminal activity.
Persaud said that the programme with respect to the surveillance cameras, needs to be expanded to give the police direct access to the footage derived from them.
“I think it’s a programme that needs to be expanded. It has helped in some incidents of crime, it has helped a whole lot in traffic investigations as well,” Crime Chief Persaud told the media.
“There is effort right now to have feed directly to the police so that we can independently research and use what evidence is collected there,” Persaud said. At present the police can only access the feed from the cameras upon request.
Yesterday’s disclosure adds more fuel to the suspicions expressed by members of the opposition.
The opposition had expressed concern about what is being done with the captured footage and the impact of the initiative in the local crime fight.
The disclosure also comes against the backdrop of a charge by Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee for the police to make more use of the cameras.
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