| Two ranks, who were attached to the Kurupung Police Station, are holding their breaths as they await theCecil Kennardadvice of the Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority, Cecil Kennard, on whether or not they will be criminally charged for their corrupt practices.The Police Office of Professional Responsibility has concluded investigations, which resulted from reports that the two ranks had arrested 12 men on January 12, 2015, in relation to the possession of an unlicensed shotgun and nine cartridges.It is alleged that two cops took a bribe in an attempt to free the men.So far,Nike Air Force One Shoes For Sale, the ranks have been charged departmentally and the disciplinary inquiry is in progress.But according to the police, the file in the matter has been submitted to the Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority for his comments in relation to the criminal aspect.In the meantime, the OPR is still probing reports that some more cops were involved in an extortion racket also at the Kurupung Police Station sometime last week.The latest act once again, raises further questions about the quality of ranks the Guyana Police Force posts to the interior.Kaieteur News understands that the Force’s internal investigative unit is on the verge of completing an investigation into reports,Nike Air Max 1 Ultra Flyknit Womens, that six ranks from the station demanded $600,000 from some Belgian mining firm employees following a drug raid.The complaint was made in late January and the ranks, including a Lance Corporal,Air Max 97 Womens, were placed under close arrest. At present,Off White Air Max 97 For Sale, they are reportedly under open arrest at the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) in Eve Leary.An official told this newspaper that the OPR has gone a “very far” way in its investigation and a report will be sent shortly to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).According to reports, the ranks found a quantity of marijuana while searching an area that is connected with the Belgian firm. Rather than having the individuals charged, the policemen allegedly demanded $600,Nike Air Vapor Max Flyknit Men,000 from staffers to cover up the matter. A complaint was made to senior police officials and the ranks were posted to Georgetown.Whether it’s true that rouge cops are posted to the interior as a Force policy, it appears that the Kurupung Police Station is breeding its fair share.The incidents are likely to intensify a rancorous exchange between President of the Guyana Women Miners’ Organisation (GWMO) Simona Broomes and the Guyana Police Force over the quality of ranks that are sent to far-flung locations.That exchange began when Broomes, a noted advocate against human trafficking, accused the Force of adopting a lax approach to Trafficking In Persons (TIP),Cheap Air Max Shoes For Sale, via its alleged history of sending policemen who “misbehaved under supervision” to the interior “where there is no supervision.”This elicited a sharp response from the Force’s Public Relations Department, which accused Broomes of appealing for resources “by using the distasteful strategy of telling lies on the Guyana Police Force.”“It is totally untrue that most police ranks operating in remote locations are those that have been involved in something or the other that is not in keeping with the lawful expectations of a cop,” it stated.The police said that the Force transfers badly behaved cops to locations where they could be properly supervised, and therefore, during 2014, no such person was transferred to remote areas. |
