Latest update April 28th, 2026 12:30 AM
Non-stop skullduggery at City Hall
Dear Editor,
As a dedicated taxpayer in the city of Georgetown, I demand an explanation from the Mayor and or the Town Clerk regarding the very crooked manner the City Constabulary is being run. I have observed that the ranks of the City Constabulary have been withdrawn from guarding municipal locations such as the markets, day care centers, health clinics, abattoir etc and are replaced with guards from a private security firm to which a City Councillor has a financial interest. (it no wonder this Councillor wishes to be reelected for another three years)
It should be noted that the security contract was given to this firm without any advertisements, tenders or bidding but more alarmingly, it was given to the very security outfit that was discharged a few years ago for overbilling the Council. Unbelievable! This company used to charge for twice the amount of guards than it provided and has been given the contract again above other security companies.
And so the Council, finding itself with scores of Constables who have nothing to do seeing that they are no longer guarding municipal property and decided to set up a number of superfluous sections – a traffic unit, as though the Guyana Police Force asked for help; a bicycle patrol unit for which these constables ride all day long doing nothing; an executive body protection unit to protect the Mayor and Town Clerk; a special investigations unit which never solves any crimes such as who breaks and enters the markets. Mr. Mayor, how could you allow our hard earned taxpaying dollars to be squandered like that? Paying the Police Department and then paying a guard service to do what the Constabulary should be doing?
Amber Valentine
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