Amputee constable accuses police force of abandonment

Samuel Elvis

Three months have passed since policeman Samuel Elvis had his right foot amputated after being shot by another rank and he says he yet to receive word from the Guyana Police Force about his future or the action against the officer who shot him.

Elvis, a constable, was shot on March 20 by a corporal after he had returned from an operation where he was instructed, along with other ranks, to uplift a lost weapon belonging to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).

He had returned to the Police Headquarters, at Eve Leary, to lodge the weapon when the corporal picked up the gun and cranked it, firing off a round in the