Police are to increase patrols at bus parks

Nov 06, 2017 News

– to thwart robbers and maintain order

With the Guyana Police Force (GPF) observing the annual Road Safety Month, the force has a few strategies to enhance safety at bus parks. This is according to Superintendent of Police Public Relations and Press Officer, Shivpersaud Bacchus.
Several complaints of robberies have been documented at bus parks, and this has prompted the Force to step up its patrols.
Plans are in place to ensure that police are always at bus parks.
Bacchus said after committing robberies, the suspects would often head to a bus park.
He said the presence of police, including bicycle patrol, is expected to increase in these areas.
Last September, a man admitted to stealing jewellery, worth $950,000 from a miner on the East Coast Bus Park.
In March, 2016, Elvin Lorrimer, a 53-year-old bus driver, succumbed after being shot by a man on a motorcycle at the Linden Bus Park in Georgetown. A suspect was subsequently charged.
One bus driver said that almost every night, there is a robbery on various Georgetown bus parks.
The GPF has planned several other road safety activities.
“The Road Safety Council has a programme which will deal with the several aspects of activities in relation to Road Safety Month.”
Road Safety Month is being held this year under the theme ‘Making roads safer for everyone starts with you! Observe. Think. Drive. A second is all it takes to save a life’.
Additionally, ranks from ‘A’ Division, Brickdam Police Station pointed out the need for bus drivers to comply with the laws, after a number of drivers were taken into custody.
They got off with stern lectures from a senior traffic rank, who noted that both driver and conductor can be charged for overloading a vehicle.
He informed that if the vehicle’s seating capacity is 15, drivers and conductors should be included in that number.
While the errant drivers got off with a stern warning, the sergeant said that he would not be giving any such privileges to any person found in breach of the laws in the future.
The drivers were also encouraged to slow down and observe speed limits.

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