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The GPF needs an urgent upgrade in criminal investigative techniques

Aug 09, 2015 Letters

Dear Editor,
The GPF needs an urgent upgrade in criminal investigative techniques as they appear “at sea” when investigating major crimes and charging ALL responsible. I’ll highlight just two cases, Crum-Ewing execution and the beating death of the elderly lady.
In the Crum-Ewing killing, detectives recover the murder weapon and arrest a suspect. Why did it take so long to bring charges against the individual? And if delaying charges is not bad enough, they have not charged anyone else for being an accessory. Editor, any competent police department investigating Crum-Ewing death would, after recovering the murder weapon, subject the suspect to a lie detector test not only to determine if he was the actual trigger man, but to also ascertain if he had accessories. Additionally, the most glaring investigative deficiency in this case is the absence of the telephone records of the suspect from the days leading up to the killing and the moments after the killing. Moreover, all allegations made by the accused should be thoroughly investigated and not brushed under the rug as mere allegations.
Why were two charges, one for illegal weapons possession and the other for murder not filed? If the defendant is found not guilty of murder would he walk out of court a free man the way others did?
Regarding the killing of the elderly lady and the person captured on video at the murder scene. The police were reported in the newspapers as stating that they have a suspect in custody but not sure if he is the killer. Did the police forget about the use of fingerprints? The individual in custody is either a person of interest or the suspect! In this case also, telephone records could tie others responsible to the crime.
Before ending Editor, can you explain why you cannot publish the names of persons arrested by the police for questioning, or the names of individuals against whom allegations are made? We read in the newspapers and see on TV allegations made against named prominent individuals like Bill Cosby, TV anchor and son of former New York Police Commissioner, Joe Kelly. What makes Guyana different? If some of these individuals lived in Guyana they would have remained in a cloak of secrecy ‘protected’ by the press to continue their deviant behavior until arrested and charged. It appears that only if you are a notorious criminal like ‘Fineman’, only then your name is mentioned.
By publishing the names of individuals against whom allegations are made puts the nation on guard and could result in persons whose lives were affected by the named individuals to come forward with evidence.
Joe Owen

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