SN shows hostility to the police by alleging human rights’ violations; the police should be applauded

BY Staff
Published: December 4, 2008 in Letters

Dear Editor,

The Stabroek News’s editorials consistently improvise a barrage of attacks on the Guyana Police Force (GPF). The editorial of December 2, 2008 insinuated that the Guyana Police Force has no proper intelligence network.

It must be made very clear that the Stabroek News would be the last to know about any intelligence that the Guyana Police Force gathers, since it seems to exhibit lots of hostility to the Guyana Police Force, by virtue of its consistent improper anecdotal remarks of alleged human rights violations perpetrated by the Guyana Police Force.

And to suggest that the ‘Gibson crew’ were inept criminals seems to attribute that no credit should be given to the Guyana Police Force’s capacity to detect and prevent crime.

Over the last number of months we have seen significant successes in protecting citizens, detecting and preventing crime, etc, and the Guyana Police Force should be applauded for their accomplished successes.

Yours faithfully,
Elizabeth Daly

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nips says:

December 4, 2008 at 9:33 am

I agree,we need to give them as much support as we can and not throw the positives they does under the rug.However a number of the force members is corrupt.

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opgy says:

December 4, 2008 at 10:47 am

Lady - where do you live? Can’t be Guyana!!

The Guyanese living in Guyana all know what is going on.

The SN doesn’t print hogwash like other rags in the land.

So I suggest you all go back there and live and experience all the crap that you say doesn’t exist!!

While I’ll admit things are a little and I say a little better - they have a far far way to go.

While police recruits are holders of degrees in some countries, most of ours only have a couple CXE’s, some can hardly even read and write properly.

The corruption - leh we not go there! The enforcement of basic laws, traffic laws and all - leh we not go there. Enforcement happens every so often something happens big time.

SSDD

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TheAchiever says:

December 4, 2008 at 3:16 pm

ED:

SN does what SN, as a responsible reporting media, should do. The police, although they have had some recent successes, continue to stumble/fumble through the daily task of policing.

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- Satish says:
  
  December 4, 2008 at 3:28 pm
  
  The police here in the UK are currently stumbling because the searched a Member of the British Parliament’s offices without a valid search warrant.
  
  SN should continue to do what it does best as you suggest Achiever.
  They should present the news as they see fit and allow the reader to use their intelligence and common sense. SN is a paid-for publication and would not exist unless the public believed their reporting was of good interest.
decanadianCarlVeecock says:

December 4, 2008 at 11:36 pm

Elizabeth Daly …my dear lady..

Reporters do a lot of foot work and speak to lots of people and when they sit down and write, they have tons of facts and truths before them and then they try to be as judicious in their writings so as to be factual and truthful while not being libellous.

Read lady read lady ( I should have said a la Palin)
” Drill baby drill !”

I doubt that you have sufficient knowledge of the real occurances, and that limited exposure you have, could only darken your view of the real situation.

” Read lady…read “

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