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Harsh criticisms of the Tactical Service Unit of the police force

Jan 25, 2017 Letters

Dear Editor,
Kaieteur News is the only newspaper that the police depend upon to air their concern. I am a policeman attached to the Tactical Service Unit (TSU). I observed that ranks air their concerns and no one looks or carries out enquires about these concerns. It seems as though no one cares about the welfare of the lower ranks of the Police Force. There is nowhere in the Guyana Police Force where a junior staff could go and place their grievance without being victimized.
I feel the Tactical Service Unit is an incestuous group – it is a family, friends and associates Unit from top to bottom. The reason I say so is because only certain persons are benefitting from this unit. In the TSU, ranks are normally entitled to extra duty because there is extra cash in such an assignment. But only the favoured ones get these privileges, especially for the duties that good extra pay. Duty that cost no money, they bully the other ranks to go. Some of us even are after been selected by the Admin Office, are taken off the extra duty roster and replaced with the favoured ones.
I will highlight a most recent situation that took place in this unit. Certain staff had to go to one of the mining locations which is a less costly duty arrangement during the holiday and a rank reported sick because he didn’t want to go. Just after the holiday this guy was picked to go to a more lucrative location where he will receive a handsome double pay.
Before the holiday several of ranks didn’t receive their salary because they were absent a day or two – their salaries were held up. The next three months they will receive their salary as per normal. These same men worked twenty four and thirty six hours without a bath at ministers’ residences and other locations. Men who are not working regularly received their salaries on time because they give a “lil thing” to officers in authority. When ranks speak up for their rights they are victimized and placed on close arrest. Those whose salaries are not paid at the banks have to pay subordinates who are authorized to collect their salary. We are being bullied and threatened to plead guilty to charge sheets
Those that are living far away are forced to live in a stink barrack room. The toilet and the barrack room are in a worm and rat infected stage. Those living at the bottom have dust falling on them. The working conditions are in a deplorable state. When rain falls ranks have to run for shelter. The mattresses are very nasty. Soon there will be an epidemic at that unit.
Many unit members can be seen gambling in the barracks while working, also they make a lot of noise disturbing those who have to go to work. This is happening right under the officer’s nose and senior officers are involved. A big one stole diesel which the unit uses to clean the weapons. He took it for gasoline and put it in his car. Not far away the car cut out and the police vehicle had to tow the car away. No action was taken against him and he is still stealing fuel.
To my knowledge this unit is a slave camp because letters are being sent to the media and no one looks into those letters. No one asks questions .No one cares. I believe that an inquiry should be carried out about what is going on at this unit.
Frustrated TSU rank

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