Traffic wardens to be enlisted in road safety

A “new component of safety” will be added to the country’s roads with the approval of legislation that will see the appointments of traffic wardens to police areas in Georgetown and dangerous stretches of country roads, Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee says.

Rohee piloted the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2011 through the House on Thursday night and said that the new wardens will allow members of the understaffed Guyana Police Force to focus their energies on more pressing matters. He emphasised, however,