Police, city to collaborate for safer Georgetown

From left are Commander of ‘A’ Division Marlon Chapman, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken,  Mayor of Georgetown Patricia Chase-Green and Chief Constable Andrew Foo (DPI photo)

A closer working relationship was yesterday agreed between the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) and the Guyana Police Force.

A release from the Department of Public Information (DPI) said that the meeting was held at the Chambers of the M&CC with Assistant Commiss-ioner of Police Clifton Hicken, Commander of ‘A’ Division Marlon Chapman, Mayor of Georgetown Patricia Chase-Green, Town Clerk Royston King, Chief Constable Andrew Foo and members of the council.

The Town Clerk said that the M&CC is seeking collaboration with the  Police in light of the recent prison breakout.  King said that while the M&CC was aware of the incident it was not formally notified of the chain of events.