The Guyana Police Force cannot seriously believe that by publishing piece-meal quarterly statistics it is proving anything. It must know that one needs much more substantial and longitudinal numbers to be able to say anything meaningful about the direction of crime or about the efficacy of any policy.
If the following report is true, the absurdity of the comparison therein must be obvious. Indeed, in light of an experience I shall relate below, I sincerely question the conclusion.
“According to the police the strategies employed by the police force in dealing with crime, including ‘social intervention programmes with a focus on youths alongside intelligence-led enforcement operations,’ have impacted positively during the
