Chaplaincy training aims to improve cop interaction with juvenile offenders

Part of the audience at the course

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force have been exposed to Level 1 Community Service Chaplaincy training as the entity expands its social approach to crime with the aim of giving first time juvenile offenders a chance at rehabilitation.

According to a Government Information Agency press release, the three-day training programme has been conducted by Dr Jake Popejoy of the International Association of Community Service Chaplains.

Speaking at the opening of the training, Acting Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud emphasised the