Comments on: Solving murders still a challenge for police

By: John Smith

John Smith — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:54:26 +0000

Evil,

I hope you get to read this one. I fight for human rights and even if your simplistic thinking lands you in jail and your human rights are being trampled on, I’ll fight for you. No love lost? There was none there bro, there was civilised behaviour. You can’t get things your way all the time Evil so stop crying because I am not arridly thinking like you.

By: love_gt

love_gt — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:59:47 +0000

I can’t comment on something i don’t know about so i am not sure what you was talking about bajan was murder by 2 guyanese women. What i know for a fact is that things do not always appare to be what it should and i bet that bajan fella that die the other day was because of this lover. And please don’t tell me bajans don’t commit murders.

By: BIG D,

BIG D, — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:56:05 +0000

Investigation of Crime in Guyana,seems to be impotent.Roughing Up has taken over.Let Merai take over as Crime Chief.God help the G.P.F.

By: evileyes

evileyes — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:04:31 +0000

tiger
u wont know the truth even if it jumped up and bit u on the cheek…now u tell de people de truth how many unsolved crime we have here in canada….like is guyana alone got unsolved crimes…..

John no unsolved crimes are acceptable anywhere in the world..
read my blog very carefully before jumping on me……
oh and by the way since your blog on criminals rights i lost it for you man…its hard to believe you of all people said criminals have right and must be treated with dignity and respect….no love lost here bro…keep fighting for criminals rights….i wont..

By: quibian

quibian — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:39:31 +0000

tiger, the us have one thousand seven hunded and sixty four murders per million people. you know how many of those murders they solved? less than 20%.

By: Buxton Spice

Buxton Spice — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:03:45 +0000

The GPF is ill-equipped as it relates to qualified manpower and effective crime-solving techniques. The salaries are unattractive to qualified men/women. Guyana has experienced a brain-drain and are currently dragging the bottom of the barrel to staff a variety of positions within its administration.

The young, brave souls who apply and are accepted are not being properly trained. Some apply because they want to make ‘policing’ a career and others merely want a paycheck or more (the one they get from the ministry and the ‘MORE’ from bribes/inducements etc.) Young recruits should be partnered with experienced officers and learn how to conduct themselves within/without the precinct.

Officers/detectives should be trained to respect confidentiality, develop contacts/informants within/without neighborhoods, interpreting forensics/ballistics evidence, tenacity,interrogation with the ability to obtain confessions etc, etc.

IMPORT THE RELEVANT TRAINING TO GUYANA IF IT IS TOO EXPENSIVE TO SEND THE OFFICERS ABROAD.

I say AGAIN, let the entire GPF watch ‘The First 48′ to learn how to detect and solve crime.

By the way, is there still a ballistics expert in Guyana?

By: john brown

john brown — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:03:06 +0000

The police force old tactic of beating confessions and framing people amint working no more ?

By: lambada

lambada — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:48:34 +0000

ASK THE PNC WHY THEY DID NOT SOLVE RODNEY AND TEEKAH, DEATH, IT ALL STARTED THERE.

By: SAM

SAM — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:47:51 +0000

Guys …guys,INSTEAD OF GETTING ON YOUR HIGH HORSES, WHY DON’T WE AS GUYANESE MAKE SOME POSITIVE SUGGESTIONS AS TO THE PRESENT CRIME SITUATIONS IN OUR BELOVED COUNTRY? WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO SEE BETTERMENT . DON’T WE? I DON’T SIDE WITH ANY PRESENT DAY GOVT.WHETHER ITS THE PNC OR PPP. ALL I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, IS PEACE & STABILITY RETURN TO OUR GUYANA.I HOPE THIS CAN BE REALIZED.

By: SandHurst First

SandHurst First — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:46:09 +0000

Don’t you have anything else to say on this matter?? Did you read the daily mirror???

By: Wiggins

Wiggins — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:43:59 +0000

love_gt , I AM A FORMER EXECUTIVE MEMBER OF THE BARBADOS WORKERS UNION AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE BWU IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH NORMAN FARIA , THE GUYANESE COUNSEL IN BARBADOS , IN ORDER TO PREVENT UNSCRUPULOUS BAJAN EMPLOYERS AND SOME NON-BARBADIAN ONES , TOO , FROM EXPLOITING GUYANESE WORKER . IN TERMS OF HOUSING , GUYANESE WORKERS ARE BEING UNFAIRED IN MANY RESPECTS BY SLUM-LORDS/LADIES CHARGING THEM VERY HIGH RENTS FOR POOR LIVING CONDITIONS AND THE BARBADIANS DO NOT SUPPORT THE BEHAVIOUR OF THESE SLUM-LORDS BECAUSE BAJANS WILL NEVER PAY TO LIVE IN THOSE CONDITIONS . THE GOVT OF BARBADOS DO NOT SUPPORT THE EXPLOITATION OF GUYANESE . love_gt , I NOTICE THAT YOUR SILENCE WAS DEAFENING ABOUT THE BAJAN WHO WAS MURDERED IN THE COMPANY OF 2 GUYANESE WOMEN IN GUYANA .

By: tiger

tiger — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:28:34 +0000

the us has over 300million people, guyana only a little over 700thousand you figure it out yourself.

By: ALL_GT

ALL_GT — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:11:48 +0000

Instead of the government sending army officers for training to fight a war that we cannot sustain for 10 minutes due to lack of equipment and funds, the money would be better spent on our university graduates in the field of forensic science.

By: decanadianCarlVeecock

decanadianCarlVeecock — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:11:41 +0000

Quote: ” Crime Chief Seelall Persaud attributes this to the force’s limited forensic capacity, lack of cooperation from witnesses and the public and the exodus of experienced officers”.

So it has been nailed down, or is it really so?

The Crime Chief should add:

1. no suitable forensic skills

2. continued intimidation of witnesses and the public in continued
arrogant impolite behaviours

3. the ever practising attitude that better is better outside

No Chief, you got it wrong. The Britsih came and sat you folks down and gave you very very good advices and insights.
How much was really absorbed?
The police at all levels have to court the confidence and faith of the public including the Media (which at times is more important than the public at large), and definitely they will see progress. One TV show which highlights these attributes in THE FIRST 48 HOURS.
Chief, get copies of a few episodes, get your teams to look at them and for sure all of you would get the real message and that is that you cannot solve crimes, especially murders, without the help of informers and the generaL public.

Informers will not come forward if you continue to fail to treat them with utmost respect and provide them with the necessaey confidence that no one on the Teams will leak and disclose to others what such informers have related.

The general perception over the years is that the police have no regard for people, and it would be only the fearless who would dare come forward.

Just look at the recent case of Mr Arokium (spelling)

Enough out of me

By: ERWIN

ERWIN — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:13:32 +0000

Its such a shame, that a fellow Guyanese would kill a fellow Guyanese for drugs, a woman, a piece of land, for singing a song “lampy pampy”,a gold chain or bagble, a mango and for a plate of food. So shameful.

By: John Smith

John Smith — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:29:57 +0000

Are you saying unsolved crimes are acceptable?

By: quibian

quibian — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:10:45 +0000

USA HAD SEVENTEEN THOUSAND MURDERS FOR 2008. HOW MANY OF THOSE MURDERS YOU PEOPLE THINK THEY SOLVED?

By: tiger

tiger — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:02:16 +0000

shut up all ah yall evileyes?, whats the matter cant take the truth? it must hurts.

By: GEORGIA ON MY MIND

GEORGIA ON MY MIND — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:58:57 +0000

Mr.Persaud you need to make sure that the cops that are working under you do a better job and stop taking bribes. They need a foresnic lab in Guyana and there should not be any excuses in getting that lab situated in Gt. All these lives has been taken away and the killers are out there living their lives like nothing happened. Life on the whole is a ” CHALLENGE ” so please do not use that as an excuse because it is not acceptable to the citizens. The police are arresting people and are holding them in Brickdam without even charging them so what is up with that ?

The ” FOOLICE FORCE ” cannot be trusted, I don’t think if you send these Foolice abroad to study how to control crimes and what ever comes with their jobs that it would help because the salary that they are earning is too low and they are so corrupttttt. Do your duty and help catch these heartless killers.

LIVE IN LOVE
PEACE OUT

By: freespeech

freespeech — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:16:21 +0000

you should ask him if he thinks he is young.

By: gordon

gordon — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:58:18 +0000

the gpf has to examine the situation where they place people who report murders in the lock up. who wants to be placed in jail for doing their civic duty?

By: SWAT

SWAT — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:53:36 +0000

Mr. Seelall Persaud, your crime statistics for 2008 clearly shows why reform of the GPF is so vital at this time. It is also shameful that your department is unable to provide any type of closure to the families of the murder victims.

By: evileyes

evileyes — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:45:35 +0000

shut up all ah yall….there are no unsolved crimes here in canada and de US…..guyana is the only country in the world with unsolved crimes…so case closed….

By: evileyes

evileyes — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:42:53 +0000

long live TIGER for ploice comish of Guyana….oh wait a minute here tiger…dont we here in canada have -unsolved-killings??? so i take it back…long live TIGER for commish of police for Canada…all crimes solved here then you can go back to Guyana and clean up the mess there…..