Dear Editor,
An officer from the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) of the Guyana Police Force visited my home on Sunday last for statements from myself for an affidavit which would then begin an investigation into the 911 operator of the Central Police Station’s Operation Room in ‘B’ Division who was unprofessional to me during a telephone call whereby I requested immediate help in August.
Further to this, statements were made, probably by senior officials of the Central Police Station, against me that I had been reluctant to give a statement on the matter. It was alleged that I was unreachable, even though I could have been contacted or reached through the following places or means: at my place of work, my home in Canje, my landline (personal), my Facebook page, my email address, my website, University of Guyana Berbice Campus, and the Stabroek News and Kaieteur News. Virtually no one, these days, can be deemed unreachable since the technology of the day has made it so simple to reach someone. I find the allegations absurd.
My busy schedule since school and UG have reopened saw me being visited once by the police at my home two weeks ago for a statement. I was at UG and I made this known to the officer who visited my home on Sunday.
I thank Stabroek News for publishing my initial letter about the 911 operator. The officer who visited me on Sunday had a clipping of my letter in the SN, and referred to it on numerous occasions. I do hope, though, that my time was not wasted on Sunday. It is a habit of the police in this country to appear out of nowhere with their notepads and diaries, taking notes, scribing, filling tons of paper, and then disappearing – you don’t ever hear again from them, and the matter is forgotten about.
Like the time a stranger was threatening teachers at my school, a bunch of them came a few days after (CID officers I presumed), took tons of statements and notes with their books. They never found the young man, even though he is seen gallivanting around the entire town of New Amsterdam on a daily basis.
Yours faithfully,
Leon J. Suseran