Seven traffic wardens added to combat traffic congestions

Jul 05, 2014 News

Seven traffic wardens have now been placed on some of the busiest roads in Linden and along East Coast Demerara (ECD) as part of a plan by Government to introduce measures to ease traffic congestions around the country.
The ranks will be responsible for assisting the Guyana Police Force (GPF) with the general control and regulation of traffic and enforcement of motoring and parking laws.

The traffic wardens with the Minister of Home
Affairs (seated in white), Commissioner of Police (right) and Traffic Chief (left). Standing (left) is Mr. Hicken and (right) is Balram Persaud.

Training of the ranks started last April and lasted for two months. It was conducted by the GPF in collaboration with the Ministry of Home Affairs.
During a ceremony at the Stabroek Market Square yesterday, some of the seven new faces were introduced to the public as Vanessa Glasgow, Kimella Glasgow, Mishon Cooper, Nelisha Mahica, Annette Abel and Jennifer Doris.
Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee; Commissioner of Police, Seelall Persaud; Commander of Police for A- Division, Clifton Hicken, and Traffic Chief, Hugh Denhert were among those present.
Decked out in black long pants with one white stripe at the side, white shirts, black and white hats and black shoes, the women sat down and listened to their duties being read to them.
They were the first batch of traffic wardens selected and trained by the Guyana Police Force.
It is unclear when the second batch will be trained but this newspaper understands that once successful candidates are trained, they will be placed in the city and on East Bank Demerara.
The Minister said that he believes that the traffic wardens will contribute significantly to law and orders in the streets.
“This is a welcomed development and should be applauded by all Guyanese,” Rohee said.
He is also calling on persons to respect the ranks whenever they see them on the roads.
According to the Minister, “We are committed to providing the necessary resources to the Police Force to fulfill their functions effectively and to support its many new and innovative steps that the force will take in order to move law and order forward.”
The traffic wardens were exposed to basic police training such as law enforcement ethics, issuance of traffic tickets, case file preparation, diary entry, and statement taking among other trainings.
The ranks can also make an arrest and they were taught how to preserve an accident scene until traffic investigators arrived.
According to Persaud, the initiative was on the table for a while and rolling it off was the first step.
“This project is one of the few we have taken to ease traffic congestions, on the East Bank Demerara. We have introduced a three-lane system,” Persaud added.
Persons who wish to become traffic wardens must be at least 18 years of age with a minimum of three CXC/CAPE subjects (Grade Three passes in Mathematics and English), be in good physical health and have no criminal record.

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