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Drones, dogs & 24/7 patrols: Police unleash massive Christmas security operations
(Kaieteur News) – Assistant Commissioner and Region 4 ‘A’ Commander Simon McBean has announced an aggressive, technology-driven security plan for the 2025 Christmas season, declaring that drones, smart cameras, and 24-hour patrols will blanket Georgetown to protect shoppers, businesses and residents.
Launching the 2025 Christmas Policing Programme on Friday, McBean said patrols of every type will be sharply increased starting from Saturday. Foot, bicycle, vehicle, maritime, mounted, canine, drone and traffic units. Police will also operate in tight partnership with the City Constabulary, private security firms, businesses and other stakeholders. McBean said the objective is clear: cut crime, cut fear, cut congestion.
Assistant Commissioner and Commander of Region 4 ‘A’ Simon McBean
He reminded that there are risks due to increased commercial activities. He said the capital city will be divided into different sections and will be policed based on their needs. “We will have daily anti-crime and traffic patrols. We intend to have 207 patrols on a daily basis, 112 being anti-crime and 95 traffic patrols on a daily basis. That will take 507 police officers, police ranks daily to ensure we have those patrols on the road. 258 of those are for anti-crime, and 249 ranks will be conducting traffic patrols on a daily basis. Our patrol timings, our drone patrols will be done daily based on our needs,” McBean explained.
Canine, mounted, bicycle and foot patrol will be done from 08:00hrs up until shopping is closed off. Rank patrolling on motorcycles will be doing so up until midnight. Motor vehicle and maritime patrols will be done on a 24-hour basis and all rotations and timings were decided upon based on an analysis done.
“Now, some of our focus areas, our markets, as we indicated the markets, you’ll see increased presence of police joint with the City Constabulary. In those areas, you’ll find a joint patrol…where a police officer will partner with the city police, and they will be conducting patrols in and around the market areas, shopping malls, again, we have a joint presence in places like Giftland Mall, you will have police officers in collaboration with private security on the ground that will ensure that those areas are safe, Robb and Regent Street, our banks and commercial areas will be all we will all be,” the commander said.
He went on to say that police presence has also been increased in tourism and recreational areas and there was collaboration Ministry of Tourism to train hundreds of ranks in tourism policing. This boost for the Force will ensure that car parks, the sea wall, hotels, and the residential areas are safe and secure. “…when people leave their homes to shop, they are safe, so those areas will also see increased police presence our ferry stellings, …post offices and our shipping agencies that during this time, there is a need for because there is an influx of persons from all parts of Guyana who converge at our shipping agencies,” he added. The Commander also disclosed that technology will be heavily relied on during this time, to ensure a successful policing season and the smart cameras, facial recognition and licence plate recognition cameras for identifying suspects’ motor vehicles and monitoring suspicious activities will be in use.
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