PNCR calls on gov’t to bring police force up to strength

The PNCR last week called on the government to institute and implement measures to significantly improve the pay and conditions of service of the police force so that it could attract the calibre and number of recruits it requires.

The main opposition party in a press statement drew attention to what it described as “the intolerably high levels of criminal violence, especially in the form of armed robberies,” pervading Guyana today and “jeopardizing the safety and security of our citizens.”

Against this background, the party said it must remind the administration that public security is