The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) yesterday said that it had noted with intense concern the level of crime being perpetrated in Guyana, more particularly, in recent times.
It did not identify any particular crime but there was broad public concern yesterday over the fatal shooting of former Chief Education Officer Olato Sam at Plaisance.
“Whilst the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has posited that their official crime statistics indicate a decline in crime, the GCCI views this as not reflecting the reality of the prevailing circumstances. Rather, and alarmingly so, the GCCI views the decline in official statistics as demonstrative of a loss in confidence in the GPF and reflective of an underreporting in criminal perpetration”, the Chamber said.
