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The Head of the Presidential Security is one of the most important duties
Most Heads of State when assuming office will seek to enhance or change their security details. However, before such undertakings, a number of things are taken into consideration. These include recruiting the relevant, capable, qualified and competent persons for the job.
Guyana recently got a new Head of State and Government and security is of utmost consideration.
Brian-Joseph
The new David Granger Administration has done what any new administration would have done in reorganizing their security.
The man to head the Presidential Guard Service is Assistant Commissioner of Police and former Commander of Police ‘B’ Division, Brian Joseph.
Joseph, who was appointed to the post almost immediately upon the accession of office of the new government, is tasked with protecting both President David Granger and Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo.
He is no stranger to the job as he spent a number of years working at the Office of the President with a number of Presidents. He is well qualified, highly trained and brings a wealth of experience to the job, having served with exemplary conduct in numerous areas of the Guyana Police Force and seems well suited for the job. He served as Personal Assistant to President Desmond Hoyte for over eight years.
Mr. Joseph is a University of Guyana graduate having qualified with a distinction from the University of Guyana with a Diploma in Public Safety and Security Management.
Assistant Commissioner Joseph is well qualified, educated and travelled having participated in numerous training sessions and courses in various parts of the world. His numerous achievements include participating in a number of Junior and Senior Officers training courses in and out of Guyana including – Designing strategies for quality service, a course in Mentoring programmes; Introduction to incident command system; Incident Resolution and Hostage; Tactical Police Management Course held by the Scottish Police College; Crisis Management Training Course with U.S. Department of Homeland Security all at the Felix Austin Training College.
Some of the overseas achievements include the Advance Management Course and the International Law Enforcement Academy in Roswell New Mexico; the Law Enforcement Management Development Course, International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) San Salvador; Human Rights and Humanitarian Principles Consolidation Course, Jamaica Constabulary Staff College, Spanish Town Jamaica; Basic Intelligence Officers Course Jamaica Defence Force Training Depot, St. Andrew, Jamaica; International Course for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Instructors, Jamaica Constabulary Staff College, Spanish Town Jamaica.
Joseph also participated in peace keeping exercises as he was a part of the Training in peace keeping operations with the United States Southern Command in Managua, Nicaragua
Joseph did exemplary work when he was Traffic Chief of the Guyana Police Force thus earning his promotion to Assistant Commissioner.
While serving as Commander of ‘B’ Division during the years 2013 to 2015 serious crime decreased drastically. From a figure of 510 occurrences at the end of 2012 with a clear up rate of 28.3% the figure moved to 366 occurrences at the end of 2013 with a clear up rate of 62.5%. This therefore indicates that during the period aforementioned, serious crime occurrences due to proactive policing and leadership has decreased by 47.2%.”
Community police relationship improved drastically and a number of new initiatives were rolled out and successfully implemented.
SERVER SUNDAY: Brian Joseph
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