Dubious procurement saw inferior items sold to police under Gajraj tenure – Felix

Winston Felix

During the tenure of Ronald Gajraj as minister of Home Affairs many items needed by the Guyana Police Force were procured through the ministry instead of through the force following consultations between the commissioner of police and his senior officers, according to former police commissioner Winston Felix.

This situation saw Regent Street businesses being contracted to deliver items to the force, and, according to Felix, inferior items, including radar guns and socks, were what the force ended up with.

The former top cop, now APNU member of parliament, in an interview with Stabroek News said in those days the monies allocated to the police came under various headings and the commissioner had the