Opening the annual officers’ conference yesterday, President Irfaan Ali said that Guyana is in the final stages of having an internationally accredited police academy as he stressed the importance of having a professional force.
According to the President, the greatest expansion of training for members of the police force occurred last year. He said, “We had a tremendous transition of persons now having first degrees, diplomas, masters, PhDs, pursuing law so we are in a situation where I believe that in the next four or five years we will have a highly trained, competent and qualified police force and this is an important part of the transition.”
Importantly, Ali said that the Guyana Police Force was tasked with “integrating what we are doing with the regional policing and to deepen our partnership at the regional level”, adding that they are proud of expanding their relationship to the extent that the country is in the last stage of having an internationally accredited police academy.