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the ministry of home affairs has a a new program and they’re inviting members of the public and media to sign up for. propaganda press was first inline as we got a call from the ministers office, and we were afforded this luxury of a day with the minister. our ravishing, child.bearing hips, 007 correspondent was able to get an interview with dougla rohee later that evening. the day began with the minister arriving in office and we were able to watch him drink coffee, surf the internet, check his messages and work then we went for a ride along to the Brickdam Concentration Camp and three other police stations. below is the GINA version of what took place. we’ll post our interview with the torturer in chief later. [in the foto about the minister is  checking  out the torture logs at Brickdam Concentration Camp]

Georgetown, GINA, May 3, 2008

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee today visited four police stations in the city and reiterated government’s commitment towards improving the work environment of members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF). He also indicated that several stations will be renovated this year.

The Minister inspected the East La Penitence, Kitty, Alberttown and Brickdam Police stations this morning and expressed dissatisfaction over the state of the stations’ infrastructure.

“Water facilities, lavatory facilities and general sanitation facilities need to be radically improved. The infrastructure of the stations needs rehabilitating …some of these stations would undergo some vast improvement,” Minister Rohee said.

During his visit to the Brickdam Concentration Camp, Minister said that the state of the lock-ups will be addressed but noted this will take a while.

“The conditions of the lock-ups and at most of the stations need to be vastly improved particularly at the Brickdam Police station.” He noted that the stations which had lock-ups but were abandoned will be reinstituted. Speaking on the issue of shortage of ranks the Minister said the presence of Rural Constables (RCs) can help to complement the work of the force particularly with the recent drive-by shooting of the East La Penitence station.

“At the annual Officers’ conference this matter was discussed where the issue of community policing in ‘A’ division is seriously lacking as well as RCs coming from community policing can help significantly. I think the rural constabulary can be of tremendous assistance to give the necessary support to police stations where there is a deficiency in terms of the ranks.”

Shortly after midnight on April 29 gunmen discharged a volley of shots that hit the walls of the La Penitence station, located at the junction of Mandela Avenue and Arapaima Street.

The actual strength of the Guyana Police Force is 2,552 while the establishment is 3,570 and the administration is fully aware of the shortages of ranks and has been pushing for the establishment of more Community Policing Groups (CPGs) which rural constables to assist the Police in crime fighting. Since 1993 government has been investing a lot in the law enforcement agencies to improve their capacity.

In this year’s budget, the security and defence sectors have been allocated $13.7B to improve their capabilities.“The main issue is to work towards the resolution of these problems and put in place the necessary where it all whether its human resources, enhancing the infrastructure, the physical appearance and the conditions under which the Police eat and sleep,” Minister Rohee asserted.

“These are areas we need to work on in order to bring a greater degree of efficiency and professionalism…in the course of this year a number of these issues will be addressed,” the Home Affairs Minister said.

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