Police Respond to newspaper article

Sep 20, 2016 Letters

Dear Editor,
The Acting Police Commissioner is responding to an article in Stabroek News of Sunday, September 18 on page two, under the caption “Region One Education Officials investigate strip searching of female students in the presence of male police”.
Ranks at Acquero Police Station, received a report from the School Welfare Officer about 18:15h. on Tuesday 13th September, 2016 to the extent that a sum of money, property of the Matron of the Dormitory, of Santa Rosa Secondary School, was missing or allegedly stolen. The Subordinate Officer In-Charge and a Constable accompanied the School Welfare Officer to the dormitory, where the children’s bags were searched by the School Welfare Officer. However, no money was found.
At this time, the School Welfare Officer proposed and insisted on conducting a search on each child but the Subordinate Officer objected and indicated that it would be improper in the circumstance for the police to sanction this and he and the Constable left the school. The Subordinate Officer has stated that he later learnt that the children were searched by the School Welfare Officer.
Jairam Ramlakhan,
Superintendent,
Public relations Officer

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