As plans are underway to have an additional 40 Close Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras installed in the city, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon announced that the police will be able to monitor the live feeds from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Eve Leary.
Luncheon, who is also Secretary to the Defence Board, made the announcement at his post-Cabinet press briefing yesterday.
He said it was a Defence Board decision after a review and that the Board noted the tremendous benefits the CCTVs bring especially in criminal investigations.
“The Defence Board recognised the need for further development of [the] system and they approved the further increase in the number of sites and the number of cameras at main arteries in and around Georgetown,” he said.
In April of this year, acting Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud had told this newspaper that part of this year’s $7.4 billion budget for the Guyana Police Force
