Law Enforcement

The non-governmental organisation, Blossom Inc, on Friday told the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) that there are increased cases of Venezuelan migrant women being victims of sexual and gender-based violence mainly in three interior regions of Guyana. Blossom Inc’s Founder, Dr Ayodele Dalgety-Dean told a thematic hearing requested by the Guyana Equality Forum (GEF) that there has been a ...

Assistant Police Commissioner, Calvin Brutus, who is facing dozens of financial crime charges, is set to be interdicted from duty, a well-placed source said Tuesday night. The source said Police Commissioner, Clifton Hicken was Wednesday expected to formally inform the Police Service Commission (PSC) that Mr Brutus was facing criminal charges. According to the official, who is knowledgeable about the ...

Attorney General, Anil Nandlall on Monday maintained that the Guyana government was on solid constitutional grounds to appoint Assistant Police Commissioner, Clifton Hicken as substantive police commissioner, although he has passed retirement age. “To the contrary, the conjoint effect of the relevant provisions of the Constitution and the Constitution (Prescribed Matters) Act impel to the imminent potentiality of Mr Hicken ...

Assistant Police Commissioner, Clifton Hicken cannot be promoted to the position of police commissioner because he has already reached retirement age, Human Resources Consultant, Earl John said Monday. “There is no precedent for it in which you could get promoted while you are actually retired,” Mr John told Demerara Waves Online News. He said “there is no case” for a ...

President Irfaan Ali seemed set to appoint Assistant Police Commissioner, Clifton Hicken to the substantive position of police commissioner, effectively discarding concerns by Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton about his suitability for the top law enforcement position. Mr Norton told Dr Ali that there should be “continued dialogue on the search for a best-fitted person for the chair of Commissioner of ...

Social media activist Melissa “Melly Mel” Atwell and her mother and grandmother, through a battery of lawyers, have threatened legal action against the Guyana Police Force (GPF) for what they say was an unconstitutional search of their residence earlier this week in retaliation for her criticism of the government. “Our clients have instructed us to request from you, as we ...

At least one Guyana Police Force officer was seen assisting in the distribution of People’s Progressive Party (PPP)-branded backpacks at a party event in Lethem, Region Nine (Upper Takatu-Upper Essequibo). The PPP Region Nine Facebook page states that the activity was done by members of the PPP’s youth arm, the Progressive Youth Organisation (PYO), “in collaboration” with police in Region ...

The Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, on Tuesday scolded the Guyana Police Force for poor quality members, despite a 20 percent drop in serious crimes for about four years, saying the time has come for them to cease taking bribes, end wearing a lot of valuable jewellery as a sign that they are taking inducements, and ensure police stations’ ...

The National Assembly is next Monday set to amend the Fugitive Offenders Act to allow for the use of evidence that would not otherwise be accepted under the laws of Guyana to facilitate the extradition of persons. “A record of evidence of the case against the person, including evidence that would not otherwise be admissible under the laws of Guyana, ...

Three Guyana Police Force (GPF) training centres across the country have been accredited by the United States-headquartered International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training (IADLEST) at that organisation’s conference currently underway in the state of Arizona, the US Embassy said. The diplomatic mission, Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) and the police force made the announcement that the ...