Acting Commissioner of Police Leroy Brumell told ranks that he expects more professional conduct from them to match the refurbished police stations commissioned at Providence and Timehri on Saturday.
According to a Government Information Agency (GINA) report, the stations have both been outfitted with an interviewing room designed to guarantee privacy when dealing with sex abuse and domestic violence complaints and other modern amenities.
There are also computerised systems that will enable the transmission of information to the Integrated Crime Information System and the ministry in ‘real time.’ Government will be hiring about 60 data entry clerks to work at the various stations to facilitate this.
In his address, Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee, who delivered remarks at the opening ceremonies at both locations, noted that the East Bank corridor is expanding by leaps and bounds, not only in population but also in terms of investments/commercial activities, which puts even greater responsibility on ranks within that particular police district.
“People look to the force for the kind of service and protection that they are entitled to and which the police are duly mandated to provide,” he said, adding that the physical enhancement of a station is useless without the commitment of adequately trained ranks.
Echoing Brumell’s charge, Rohee called on the officers to execute their duties with integrity and professionalism at all times.
The project was executed as a component of the Citizens’ Security Pro-gramme (CSP), which is funded by the government and Inter-American Develop-ment Bank. The Project Coordinator is Khemraj Rai.
To date, 18 stations have been rehabilitated under the CSP: six in Region Six and 12 in Region Four (between Mahaica and Timehri). Last September several contracts totalling $134.5M were signed under the CSP to modernise the police stations.
