The Commissioner of the Police (Ag) Nigel Hoppie and other senior officers on Thursday visited the family of the late Senior Superintendent Charmaine Stuart to give their condolences.
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) said that Hoppie was accompanied by Welfare Officer, Deputy Superintendent Jewel Sullivan; second-in-charge ‘Admin’ Allison Moore; and Quartermaster, Assistant Superintendent Donna Ferguson. They met with Stuart’s husband Ronald and her two sons, Kevin and Murphy, as well as other family members during their visit to the Senior Superintendent’s residence.
“A void has been left in the organization that won’t be filled in a long, long time,” Hoppie was quoted as saying during the visit.
The release said that sympathies and words of comfort were offered by the team to the grieving family. The Commissioner also assured the family that he, and by extension the entire force, will support the family in this difficult time.
Stuart will be remembered for her disciplinarian attitude, pleasant personality, and uplifting spirit, by all those who were fortunate to have known her.
Stuart, 55, died on Wednesday evening while at the Georgetown Public Hospital. In a brief statement, the GPF said that she was rushed to the hospital after complaining of chest pains.
Prior to her death, she accumulated 30 years of service in the force and more so, the Band Room. Stuart was the first female officer to hold the position of Director of Music and Culture in the GPF. In 2016, she became the first woman to head the force’s band, first band mistress, the first woman deputy in that department, as well as its first female officer. At the Force’s annual awards ceremony in 2017, she was named the best overall cop for that year.
