GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana Police Force is overhauling and modernizing its services to improve service delivery and in keeping with global law enforcement standards.
During the recently concluded Police Officers’ Conference, Commissioner of Police (Ag) Clifton Hicken revealed that the force aims to establish an aviation unit.
He said this will “bring us on par with our counterparts within the region and further afield.”
Deputy Commissioner of Police for ‘Administration,’ Calvin Brutus had revealed that two police officers completed a pilot training program in Miami, United States, and other ranks are pursuing degrees in aeronautical engineering at the Art Williams and Harry Wendt Aeronautical Engineering School at Ogle, East Coast Demerara.
Hicken explained that police stations are undergoing continuous rehabilitation and reconstruction nationwide.
“The continuous reconstruction and rehabilitation that is taking place at the police stations will see them now equipped with all the modern amenities to meet international best practices, with safe ID parade rooms, ramps for persons with disabilities, [and] child friendly,” Hicken relayed.
In addition, critical police departments are being decentralized to make all the regions self-sufficient.
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