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Police, army patrols for crime-ridden Berbice – Ramjattan

Aug 29, 2015 News

Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan has dispatched police and army ranks to Berbice, and to the Corentyne, in particular, in a bid to stem the rise in violent crime in the county.
The Minister made the disclosure yesterday while speaking to journalists at the Ministry of the Presidency. He also said that police patrols will be increased in other ‘high crime’ areas.
“We have sent down a unit from the Joint Special Operations Group, (JSOG) made up of army and police officials, we have sent up also a number of members from the SWAT team and a team from the Special Crimes Unit. The Special Crimes Unit is based in ‘A’ Division and is behind the solving of several murders in recent months, including the murder two Thursdays ago of cash crop farmer Pamela Kendall.
“So… it is not just doing patrols but the detective work, and it is this detective work that is apparently paying off in No.45 (Village, Berbice) where we now have evidence literally that it was the husband that was involved, rather than anybody else,” Ramjattan said.
“And it is that kind of quality work that we would want to see the police do. Though there might be lots of social reasons for the high crime rate, we also have to strengthen the police work, and as part of that the professionalism is required, and I am pleading with policemen that the training we are getting…they must inculcate that training.
“But Minister Ramjattan said that police ranks must also “do a piece of inward stretching so that they can outwardly reach.”
“They have to do their own self-learning. A lot of police go to these workshops and feel that is the end of the matter. There must be continuing learning, there must be continuing education, by tapping into websites on journals on policing, on administration and police methods; and I am pleading with them so that we can make better detectives of those who are detectives.”
“We are on our way. I hope that in time we will see a reduction. It is not ‘T 20 cricket’ when it comes to crime reduction, we have to better the institutions, we have to do more work with the individual policemen, and at a larger level, getting job creation, so that the young people can get jobs.”
So bear with us, and we will do a better job come 2016.”
Expressing the view that enhancing the conditions under which ranks work will lead to improved performance, the Public Security Minister said that Government has allocated funds just under $200M to equip police ranks with “better guns, more ammunition, patrol vehicles, ten more 4×4 pickups, about 50 more motorcycles, a number of bicycles, and lots more motor vehicles…”
Stating that police have been receiving “sickening” treatment, Ramjattan noted that funds have also been allocated for the rehabilitation of police stations.
“You need better conditions for policemen. If they go in and their toilets are in a mess, or their bedroom facilities are shabby, they are not going to perform, and so over a long period of time they have sickening kinds of treatment.”

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