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‘Performance is not measured in effort but results’ – Walrond
…tells GPF Inspectors to be proactive and improve public trust
(Kaieteur News) – Inspectors of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) were on Wednesday charged to deliver visible and active supervision and ensure stronger enforcement of discipline.
The charge was made by Minister of Home Affairs Oneidge Walrond. Minister Walrond reminded the inspectors during the opening ceremony of the GPF’s Inspector’s Conference that they must be ready to improve policing and build public trust.
Minister of Home Affairs, Oneidge Walrond
The two-day conference is themed, “Modern Policing for a Modern Nation: Integrating Technology, Innovation and Leadership to Strengthen Public Safety and Trust.”
The minister during her address at the Police Officers’ Mess Annex, Eve Leary said that as supervisors, performance is important.
“So, inspectors hinge between strategy and execution. So, you approve the rosters, you review the files, and you deploy the patrols, you correct misconduct, you respond to complaints, and you enforce the standard. So, these pillars will either move us forward or stagnate based on the consistency of your supervision. So, we don’t start and stop, we continue, we get better,” she said.
Minister Walrond noted that strong supervision produces discipline, and discipline produces good performance while ultimately ensures public trust.
“When we have the public trust, most of our problems are solved, but that is a chain of responsibility, and that chain begins with you,” she told officers.
Further, the minister of Home Affairs made it clear that inspectors are required to improve their response times and patrol coverage and ensure that they are ‘court-ready’ by having all case files intact.
“You’re expected to deliver consistent traffic management, proactive disruption of organised crime, professional public engagement, protection of vulnerable people and vulnerable communities,” she continued in her charge.
Moreover, the minister said that domestic violence and sexual offenses must be treated with urgency and with the utmost confidentiality. “Victims should be treated with dignity. Follow up must be structured, once again, not ad hoc. When a force fails the vulnerable, we cannot build trust,” she expressed.
Minister Walrond made it clear that there is a zero tolerance for corruption and a high value is placed on the protection of national development assets.
“Zero tolerance for bribery, collusion, abuse of authority or neglect of duty. Corruption survives where supervision is weak. Once again, the talk stops with you,” she stated.
The minister reminded that Budget 2026 provides the resources necessary for the Police Force to function, the National Security Strategy provides the framework which must be executed by senior officers.
“Performance will not be measured in effort, it will be measured in results and Inspectors this is your charge,” she stated.
“With growth comes new risk, when progress accelerates, securities responsibilities multiply, and when order weakens, opportunity becomes exposure, and so we have to continue with enforcement that does not lack discipline, because that is when organised crime and other kinds of serious crime finds space to mature and grow,” the home Affairs minister stated.
Meanwhile, Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken highlighted the central leadership role of inspectors in translating policy into real-world policing outcomes. He emphasised that the expectations of a rapidly modernising Guyana demand a corresponding transformation within the Force.
Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken
“Today’s theme is not just a phrase on a banner. It represents a clear national expectation,” he said. The Top Cop noted that inspectors occupy the most influential link between strategy and public service delivery. “You are the link between policy and practice. It is at your level that strategy becomes service, policy becomes action, and standards become habit,” he said.
That being said, the Commissioner charged the inspectors to embrace their roles with renewed purpose, describing them as frontline ambassadors of the organisation. “You are ambassadors of the Guyana Police Force. Let this be a change,” he urged.
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