Incidents of wounding, domestic violence and assaults are some of the most prevalent crimes in the community of Baramita, in Region One, and Police Commander Superintendent Himnauth Sawh has said that the necessary actions are being taken to tackle the social issues at their root, which he described as “manageable”
“I am pleased to report that I am aware of those issues and I have already begun to make efforts with my teams across the region to ensure that we get greater community involvement because most of those issues are social issues and we as the police can’t tackle it alone. We need the stakeholders and the members of the public to come on board,” Sawh told Stabroek News in a recent interview.
In a letter to the editor, published in the April 13, 2022 edition of Stabroek News, former ministerial advisor on indigenous affairs Mervyn Williams declared that Baramita was “again in crisis”.