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Guyana Police Force is moving in a positive direction – Acting Commissioner

Aug 27, 2016 News

– “We will use criticism in a positive way, because that is the best way forward”

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is changing in an increasingly positive direction as it continues to forge, build and sustain valuable relationships and partnerships, according to the acting Commissioner of Police, David Ramnarine.
He said that this is paramount in the realm of public safety and security.
The Commissioner (ag) made this disclosure at a press conference yesterday in light of a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) report which stated that there is a significant need to reform the GPF and strengthen its investigations and prosecutions.
The assessment was conducted last year.
As it relates to the Force’s investigative capacity, the Top Cop boasted about the Major Crime Unit which he emphasised is doing an excellent job. “The success of this unit is evident.”
“We are convinced that we now have a capacity and capability in the Criminal Investigation Department of this force that is unparalleled, and that is why a number of persons who have been victims of serious crimes some time ago are coming for us to reopen these cases.”
He explained that the CID has a forensic video analysis unit, the first of its kind in the Caribbean.
“We have recently increased 100 ranks in the CID and we are currently conducting a junior investigator course that has 30 participants,” Ramnarine said, while adding, “a lot of what we are benefiting from in the CID relates to the trust and confidence that the Justice Education Society (JES) from Canada has in the force.”
Ramnarine explained that the JES has been providing the much needed training for crime scene investigators and crime scene technicians on a two-year contract which will come to an end sometime next year. They have also provided training for Magistrates and prosecutors for them to fully understand the issue.
As it relates to the relationship between members of the public and the GPF, Ramnarine said that the force has been doing community-based work with youth countrywide.
“It has been determined that our traditional approach to crime is not sufficient anymore, and, on the account that criminologist studies have revealed that crimes are generally a product of youth and masculinity and that the tendency to commit a crime diminishes as one grows older.”
Ramnarine pointed out that, “We decided for the larger part of two years or more to focus on the youths, to increase our engagements of this country.”
He referred to the recent Youth Ambassador Pageant that was hosted two Mondays ago by ‘A’ Division and a Youth Camp that was recently held on the Soesdyke/Linden highway, where over 100 children benefitted.
Ramnarine told the gathering that in a developing country, the ultimate goal of policing must surely be to assist in creating an environment where citizens can work, live and play in relative peace, harmony and tranquility.
“We have our unique challenges in this facet of public security, both human and material, but we do not and will not own up to the criticism in a negative way. We will own up to the criticisms and use them in a positive way, because that is the best way forward,” the acting Top Cop asserted.
He said that the force has a serious responsibility, more serious than any agency or institution in this country, because of its unique responsibility of discharging a mandate of law and order, curtailing the freedom of individuals who run afoul of the law.
According to Ramnarine, it is not always an easy thing to restrain your fellow man or woman, and so there will be problems in that process when people commit offences against the law.

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