Hicken calls on private security firms to integrate into communities

Commissioner of Police (ag), Clifton Hicken (centre) met with officials from private security firms on Tuesday morning. (Police photo)

Commissioner of Police (ag) Clifton Hicken on Tuesday urged private security firms to integrate into communities and build relationships with members of the public.

“Private security is beyond standing up and guarding. You have to go outside of the fixed arrangement that you have and start working in the communities as community leaders and talk to the youths and start integrating and making a difference in society,” Hicken told officials from the private security firms during a meeting on Tuesday.

The meeting was held at the Police Officers’ Training Centre ahead of the Guyana Police Force’s 183rd anniversary.