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Mar 01, 2014 News
…was acquitted of stealing service weapon
An ex Special Constable who was charged with allegedly stealing a .38 revolver and six matching rounds and who later had her matter dismissed by the courts, is being given the “royal runaround” to receive her benefits.
The weapon that she was accused of stealing was found in the very guard hut at the location she worked, some two months after she had been accused of the theft.
The woman 62-year-old June Clement of 72 Prince William St. Plaisance, voiced her frustration over her inability to receive her benefits. She was promised her benefits by the Guyana Police Force (GPF), an institution she served for 11 years.
The woman, recalling the events that led to her having to leave the force, said that in 2010 she was a security officer at the Finance Minister’s residence. On the day the revolver was discovered missing she said that she used the washroom which the driver and other employees shared.
She said that she placed her weapon without holster on the sink and forgot to retrieve it. When she remembered about it some two hours later and checked the washroom, the weapon had disappeared.
Clement said that with the help of the gardener she searched the premises but could not find the weapon. She then opted to call her superiors who she said descended on the scene and launched an investigation. She was subsequently charged and placed before the Court for allegedly stealing the revolver and its matching rounds, all property of the GPF. She lost her job.
She was however informed some two months later that the revolver was found buried in the Finance Minister’s yard. The result was that the case was dismissed.
According to Clement when she went to the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) she was advised by the Chairman Justice Cecil Kennard that she was entitled to her benefits.
However when she went to the Finance Ministry she was told that there was no record of her documents. She went back to the GPF and was told that a police report had to go the Finance Ministry from the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Clement said she spoke to the Permanent Secretary of the Home Affairs Ministry who informed her that the report did not reach her and once it does she would look at it.
“I am just tired of it because it’s three years I’m running up and down. All they telling me is that I entitled to my benefits but they only got me running from here to there; every time they tell me come back for the police report,” the woman related.
The woman said she is fed up of the “royal runaround” and would like to receive her benefits after all these years.
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