Putting foreigners in top posts would lower morale of local cops, Felix says

A contingent of policewomen on a route march to mark the 169th anniversary of the Guyana Police Force in July 2008. (Stabroek News file photo)

Should the government decide to have foreign nationals fill senior positions in the Guyana Police Force it would indicate a lack of confidence and contribute to the low morale of police officers, former police commissioner Winston Felix said, adding that the force suffered tremendously when the UK-backed reform project was scrapped.

Felix, during an interview with Stabroek News,