Police officers on Saturday concluded their three-day conference pledging to work harder to reduce traffic accidents and beat back the threats of criminal violence.
The deliberations held under the theme, “Building confidence and goodwill through reform, partnership, training and effective policing,” were attended by 112 officers.
In an end-of-conference statement, the police said the focus of their deliberations was premised on issues raised by President Bharrat Jagdeo in his address at the opening of the conference, as well as points raised in the subsequent addresses by Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee and Commissioner of Police (ag) Henry Greene. The statement said that the conference was divided into groups and there were discussions on the changing and evolving crime scene; the Citizen Security Programme; the Security Sector Reform Programme; Information Gathering and the threat and impact of Global Warming. Further, the police statement said that the conference took note of Jagdeo’s display of confidence in and support for the security services in dealing with the crime situation and was also heartened and encouraged by his pledge to make available the resources needed to upgrade the crime-fighting capabilities of the law enforcement agencies.