Dear Editor,
The Ministry of Home Affairs has initiated the reform of the Guyana Police Force. For all of the commendable effort made the simple fact is that the police will not be taken seriously by the public if they don’t see the police as taking serious measures.
For example, the ministry and the Commissioner of Police ordered a zero tolerance policy in relation to noise nuisance on the sea wall. Yet it is impossible to get the police to observe the regulations. Police officers and ranks stand a few feet away from the huge speakers and hear the assault on the public’s ears by an obviously angry DJ. They do nothing.
By the way, the offending sound system was promoting Ansa McAl’s Carib Beer. Six for $1,000, the DJ constantly reminds the public, among whom are the dozens of drivers who have parked their vehicles nearby. Drinking and driving is not an issue for the police standing nearby, because we all know that the drivers will buy the beers and take them home, not consume them before they get behind the wheel.
Kudos to the police and Ansa McAl for also allowing a 20ft container to be parked on the parapet, blocking part of the left lane of the east bound carriageway. Yes folks, a steel container laid flat on the road, not on a trailer. Imagine if there were an accident − it would be like driving into a solid wall, not the cushion that a rolling object allows.
The public must only hope that among the reforms touted is self-respect for the police.
Yours faithfully,
S Persaud
