The Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) yesterday signed a five-year Memorandum of Agree-ment (MoA) which is aimed at improving the overall quality of service being provided to members of the public.
Deputy Commissioner ‘Administration’, Calvin Brutus and GCCI’s Junior Vice President, Kester Hutson signed the agreement in the GCCI’s Board-room on Waterloo Street.
The GPF in a press release issued last night said that the agreement will see the GCCI supporting the GPF in building capacity and improving relationships in “critical” areas such as customer relations, security management, financial management, accounting training, scholarships for youths and other support services and resources that will aid the development of the force.
“GCCI will similarly assist the GPF with equipment procurement, community relations and other activities and other programmes,” the release added.
In brief remarks, the release said that Hutson said that the GCCI looks forward to collaborating with the GPF in a strategic way over the next five years.
The aim, he said is to improve the overall quality of service being provided to members of the public across the country.
Meanwhile, the release said Brutus lauded the collaboration between the two organisations while noting that a main pillar of the force’s strategic plan is partnership, which is critical to the vision of the GPF.
“Mr. Brutus also alluded to the fact that the GPF has had engagements with the GCCI in the past and he is pleased that, moving forward the strengthening of these bonds of friendship and partnership will be done in a more structured way and the signing of the MoA is testament to this commitment,” the release said.
It further stated that Brutus stressed that the GCCI is a prominent agency within society with interest in security.
As such, he said the partnership and collaboration are very important elements in successfully achieving the mandate of the force in terms of service and protection to the public.
Among those who witnessed the signing of the agreement were GCCI’s Executive Director, Richard Rambarran; Secretary/Chairperson of the Green Economy Com-mittee, Shaleeza Shaw; Head of the GPF Strategic Planning Unit, Nicola Kendall and Head of the force’s Corporate Commu-nications Unit, Mark Ramotar.
