Two prisoners flee Leonora lockups

The participants of the course pose with from left Police Commissioner (ag) Leroy Brummell, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee and Force Training officer Clinton Conway.

Two prisoners on Sunday escaped from the Leonora Police Station lockups and according to acting police commissioner Leroy Brumell, two ranks who have been implicated could face criminal charges.

Brumell mentioned the incident during his address at the opening ceremony for the Junior Officers’ Course No 22 yesterday at the Police Officers Mess, Eve Leary and in using the incident as an example of bad attitude and management by some ranks charged the 32 participants not ruin the image of the force.

The participants were drawn from the Guyana Police Force, the