Security forces need to change their tactics and strategies

Nov 19, 2016 Letters

Dear Editor,
The Guyana Defence and Police Force need to change their tactics and strategies since current actions by both entities contribute to crime in our society. You take an individual, train him/her in combat which includes operating various types of deadly weapons and teach them to survive on the barest of necessities; (the GDF training is deadlier) then in most cases based on the slightest infraction you dismiss them from service – most times unmonitored. Most of these individuals have no other skill but what you’ve trained them in and their options upon dismissal are as follows:
A) become a gun for hire for a drug lord or a powerful politician;
B) take a security post with a guard service where they can have legal access to weapons; or,
C) join a gang or start one and commit crime to survive.
And this is known. Even in cases where uniformed junior officers are caught committing a crime, the first thing that’s done is to dismiss the person and have them face the courts where usually it’s a bailable offense or just a short stint in prison then released into society without any monitoring or assistance to be positive towards society. Even the recruiting system is terrible with little or no vetting, both psychological and background assessment. To the GDF and GPF: change your strategy! You are equally responsible for crime.
Stan Gouveia

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