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Feb 10, 2016 Letters

Dear Editor,
The recent statement attributed to Mr. Clement Rohee at his party’s press conference about Assistant Commissioner Balram Persaud’s vehicular accident raises several possibly unrelated issues.  I am sure that the Guyana Police Force which appears in a combative letter writing mode will consider it appropriate to respond to a few simple questions.  First is it a matter of written policy for an officer who is on leave to have in his actual possession a force vehicle twenty-four seven?  The GPF is constantly carping about the shortage of vehicles when the public is critical about the time it takes for the police to respond to a scene.  Secondly who will repair the extensive damage to that vehicle with less than one year service?  I ask that because excessive speeding seems to be the cause considering that the vehicle is a total wreck.  There should be a comprehensive investigation into this crash.
Editor we would like to know what is the policy of the GPF with regard to civilians operating force vehicles?  On any given day you can see civilians driving force vehicles.  I know for a fact that a particular civilian head of a police department is in possession of a force vehicle on a twenty-four hour basis.  This means that if he is not in office at any one time the operatives will be without a vehicle to carry out their functions.
I am concerned with the apparent arbitrariness of police promotions being left in the hands of the Police Commissioner.  The toing and froing of dirty laundry between that official and the Police Service Commission does not promote confidence that the process has been fair.  The 2014 promotions left a decidedly bad taste in the officers’ mouth because the Commissioner was allowed to steal a march on them.  That was not surprising since the controversial postings were characterized by nepotism and favoritism with several persons as living examples of the Peter Principle.  Regrettably, the officers lacked the spine or foresight to mount a court challenge to the entire process.
Editor I don’t know if this government is in the business of appeasing certain people but it has to be very careful that at the same time it is not alienating a significant segment of the population.  Pettiness and vindictiveness is the order of the day in the police force with those the big ones do not favour being ostracized even from meetings to determine the way forward for the GPF.
When I read the harrowing account of Major and Mrs. Bruce Munroe and their friend, Len Wharton, I have to ask myself how was it possible to violate the human and other rights of that trio, yet a treason accused in the form of a serving police officer was able to become second in command of this country’s premier law enforcement body.  Treason as far as I know is still a crime against the State regardless of which party is in office.
Senior Officer (name supplied)

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