Indicators developed to improve police response time -Rohee

The trainees along with Minister of Home Affairs among top brass of the Guyana Police Force

Lambasting junior ranks for making “flimsy excuses” for not responding to crime reports, especially at night, Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee yesterday called for better supervision and revealed that performance indicators have been developed to measure police response time.

Speaking at the opening of a leadership and management training course for 26 junior officers of the joint services, Rohee said that ‘A’ and ‘B’ Divisions have been allotted 10 to 20 minutes to respond to a crime and ‘C’ and ‘D’ Divisions 5 to 10 minutes. So far, he added, commanders have been reporting that they were able to meet their response targets.

In a blistering feature address, Rohee also said that his ministry was not fully satisfied that enough was being done as regards domestic violence reports at the