Dear Editor,
For the citizens of our capital city, it is always ‘another day another drama’ at City Hall in Georgetown.
More recently, it has been the shooting of a prisoner at the Bourda Outpost of the Georgetown City Constabulary by a City Constable that brings to the fore once again the extraordinary level of incompetence, poor leadership and venality of the Council at the highest levels, both administrative and political.
The City Constable opening fire at a fleeing unarmed man who was not facing him, not attacking him, nor posing any danger to him or his colleagues at the station, was just simply reckless and uncalled for.
Why couldn’t the Constable shoot the prisoner in a non-fatal area? Could he not have fired a warning shot? Could he not have used a baton instead of a gun?
Does the City Constabulary have a shoot-first and shoot to kill rules of engagement policy? At the end of this year, we need to elect a Mayor, a City Council, appoint a new Town Clerk and senior administrators that will force all City Constables to be retrained to abide by different rules of engagement.
Why the news coming out of City Hall is always so depressing? When will sanity returns there? The Town Clerk is always proudly boasting that the City Constabulary is the oldest Police force in the country, however he does not speak of how uncontrolled, badly trained and dangerous they are. I think the time has come for the national Police to take over this errant Constabulary department. But more importantly, I think it is time for Georgetown to get a new Mayor and a new Town Clerk who can properly lead our capital in this modern enlightened period.
Sincerely,
Amber Valentine
