Dear Editor,
I wish to call on the Minister of Home Affairs to act early and clear the surroundings of the Charity Police Station. As a longstanding member of the Charity Police Station Management Committee, I can say that a call was made to make the police station a safe place. The compound was subsequently fenced, but still remain sandwiched between shabby stalls around the station compound, thus compromising the safety of the officers working in the building. The mighty Pomeroon River is just a few metres away from the police station, and with the official declaration of Charity as a port of entry, the police station is in urgent need of sprucing up. The river and land transport have to be immediately dealt with. I am also urging the Top Cop to pay a visit to the area and get first-hand knowledge of the undesirable situation facing the ranks at the station. I personally recommended some years ago that a senior rank such as a superintendent be based at the station so as to give guidance to the subordinate officers.
The business community remains supportive of the security forces present in the region as a whole. Let’s make Charity one of the outstanding ports of entry and townships in our country.
Yours faithfully,
Andrieko Basir
