Sixty percent of all domestic violence reports made to the Guyana Police Force reach the courts, Deputy Commissioner of Police Balram Persaud recently told members of the Women and Gender Equality Commission, while adding that more support from both victims and the judiciary is needed.
The police have continuously been criticised for the manner in which ranks have been handling domestic violence and child abuse cases but Persaud told members of the commission that the conversion rate for reports is not higher because there is a lack of evidence to take court.
“He indicated that 60% of all reported cases make it to court,” commission member Renata Chuck-a-Sang said Tuesday, while noting that the