Cops aim to remake Albouystown under safe neighbourhood project

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A new start? Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud shakes the hand of an Albouystown resident before the launch of the Guyana Police Force’s “Project Impact Albouystown” yesterday afternoon. The new project will see the police force partnering with community organisations in a bid to make the community safe. (Photo by Arian Browne)
A new start? Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud shakes the hand of an Albouystown resident before the launch of the Guyana Police Force’s “Project Impact Albouystown” yesterday afternoon. The new project will see the police force partnering with community organisations in a bid to make the community safe. (Photo by Arian Browne)

By Desilon Daniels

 

Albouystown is the focus of the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) newest initiative, which aims at the development of a safe neighbourhood through interventions by the force and partner organisations in the community.

‘Project Impact Albouystown’ was launched yesterday in the community, which according to Commissioner of Police (ag) Seelall Persaud, was chosen for the first project based on an analysis which showed that the area was the most challenging community in Guyana at present.

“Generation after generation, a crop of criminals was being produced in the community. Over time, the community remained infested with illicit drugs;