The Police Complaints Authority (PCA) may get an additional seven investigators later this year through an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-funded project, according to Chairman retired Justice Cecil Kennard, who says this year would also see more outreaches and the establishment of regional offices.
Speaking to Sunday Stabroek recently at his office, Kennard said the additional investigators will increase the current complement to 11, which would be welcomed given the PCA’s increasing workload. He noted that 13 applicants for the post of investigator were interviewed a week ago and it was recommended that seven be hired.
He said the four investigators currently attached to the PCA managed to expedite most of the 840 cases brought before it; 241 of those cases were walk-ins, while the remaining 599 came from the Guyana Police Force’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR).