As part of a collaborative effort to ensure that there is a targeted approach to crime and violence prevention in Guyana through proper data collection and analysis, a five-member National CariSECURE Task Force was yesterday launched.
“This task force is going to ensure the implementation of the project (CariSECURE) activities, which includes collecting data from all across the country, police stations, educational establishments, where there may be violence to students all being collected into one central observation”, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan said moments before the members of the Task Force signed their letters of appointment.
The Task Force comprises Ramjattan, Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Shalimar Ali-Hack, Police Commissioner (ag) David Ramnarine, Solicitor General Kim Kyte-John and Director of Prisons (ag) Gladwyn Samuels. The formation of the Task Force is in keeping with the objectives of the Project.