Ministry sees need for ‘concentrated work’ on policing

The Ministry of Home Affairs has acknowledged the need for “concentrated work” in seven areas of policing following an analysis of recommendations contained in the recent report of the Linden Commission of Inquiry (COI).

Mandated by the President, the Ministry of Home Affairs recently completed a comparative analysis of the recommendations of the COI with respect to the Guyana Police Force and the relationship between the said recommendations and those made by previous consultancies in the Security sector.

A release from the ministry on Monday said that its analysis found that of the eight recommendations made by the COI,