Handwritten police statements to be a thing of the past

Attorney General, Anil Nandlall (right) handed over the equipment to Deputy Commissioner ‘Administration’ (ag) Calvin Brutus on Monday. (Photo taken from the AG’s Facebook page)

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Monday received $17 million worth of electronic equipment which will allow for statements to be typed, printed and stored on computers rather than being manually written.

“We have decided to move from that manual handwritten process to typed and computer generated and stored statements and it is in that initiative that we are partnering with the Guyana Police Force in attempting to provide as much resources as possible to enable the police to stop using the handwritten method of statement taking and to have statements typed, printed on computers and also stored,” Attorney General and Minis-ter of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall said.

According to the press release, Nandlall made the disclosure while delivering remarks at the handing over ceremony.