With optimism that the use of Portable Video Recording (PVR) devices also known as body cameras will not only increase accountability, transparency and public trust but also influence the behaviour of its ranks, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has been actively employing the equipment in its daily operations.
Currently, the force has a total of 180 body cameras and Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn said that plans are in the pipeline to source another 500 with the funds allocated in the 2021 Budget.
In a recent interview with Stabroek News, officer-in-charge of the GPF Information Technology (IT) Department, Senior Superintendent Jermaine Johnson said that the equipment has been distributed among all the policing divisions across the country.
