The 911 emergency system was recommissioned yesterday after several years of problems.
The new system, which is being run out of a section of the Brickdam Police Station, is designed to respond to emergency calls from citizens across Guyana and includes features such as customised reporting, selective call transfers, automatic caller identification, SMS messaging and local tracking.
During a tour yesterday, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan said that the system is expected to work smoothly since over 40 police officers have received training to operate it.
Ramjattan described the recommissioning as a huge development in the country’s security sector and lauded service providers GT&T and Digicel for their support. “This is a big development, huge development and we want the people to promote it, to love it, to love the equipment, to take care of it, to maintain them,” Ramjattan said.
