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Police deny instructing officer to prepare “specific” report on Linden riot ballistic tests

Mar 13, 2014 News

The Guyana Police Force says that at no time did it suggest to the Head of its Forensic Laboratory, Superintendent Stephen Greaves to prepare a “specific” report on ballistic tests carried out on weapons used during the Linden riots.
The Force was responding to an article published in the Kaieteur News of Tuesday March 11, 2014, under the caption “Transferred police crime lab boss holds on to critical forensic exhibits”.
The article dealt with the fact that Superintendent Greaves was maintaining possession of exhibits to protect their integrity.
According to the police, “from the outset the thrust of the article is misleading and is apparently intended to create mischief with the administration of the Police Force.”
The Force went on to explain that its policy is for analysts at the Forensic Laboratory to have full autonomy over the analysis that they conduct and therefore they are allowed to operate independently regarding the analysis and the preparation of their report.
Additionally, the Force rebuffed the suggestion that exhibits in Greaves’ possession can be easily compromised if they are handed over to another officer who has succeeded him as head of the forensic lab.
“It must be mentioned that in all cases when ranks of the Police Force seize exhibits in the execution of their duties, they tender those exhibits as evidence in the Courts in the country without any problem, even though the exhibits would have been lodged with a supervisor at a Police Station,” the police stated in a release yesterday.
“Further, when Superintendent Greaves took over the Forensic Laboratory from his predecessor, he would have taken over a number of exhibits relating to court matters and we have never had any issues in terms of their admission as evidence in the courts,” the Police Force added.

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