One hundred and thirty-two Police Officers are now better equipped to handle domestic violence matters after completing a training course, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said yesterday.
The closing ceremony was held at the Guyana Police Force’s Training Centre and was facilitated by a domestic violence expert from Jamaica, Novelette Grant.
Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, in his remarks, pointed to a study done in Guyana that revealed 22% of women between the ages of 15 to 64, were victims of intimate partner violence.
