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Nov 17, 2012 News
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has refuted an article in Kaieteur News which suggested that policemen have been reduced to security guards.
The police hierarchy took offence at claims made in the article that the Police can only boast of solving clear cut murders and robberies.
The GPF was also upset over a quote by a Police officer that the Force has never solved any execution style killings.
In a statement, the GPF stated that the reporter could have used the Police records which are “readily available at the CID Headquarters” instead of quoting a “Police source.”
The Police Force stated that the article “displays no due diligence of the Editor so it was simply wheel barrowed into the newspaper.”
Between 2008 and present, the Police said that there were 38 incidents of execution style murders. Of these, the GPF claimed that the Police have so far laid charges in relation to ten of those incidents and are on the verge of completing investigations into two others.
Those two incomplete investigations, the GPF stated, do not include the “Lindo Creek” murders, the investigations into which have been completed and the file submitted to the Director of Public Prosecutions for advice.
The 10 incidents in which charges are laid include the highly publicized Lusignan and Bartica Massacres, the drug related “Drive by Shooting” of Mark Caesar c/d Lil Mark in Broad Street on October 1, 2010 and the shooting of Clementine Fiedtkou c/d Granny in Robb Street on August 17, 2011.
In addition, the Police Force said it has disciplined its ranks for unprofessional behaviour and has charged, criminally, 17 of its ranks from January 1, 2011 to current for offences related to dishonesty, including corruption, robbery and larceny.
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