Disciplined Services voting: Uninformed Opposition GECOM Commissioner complains of police recruits’ red tie uniform

…uniform in place since 1956

Opposition-nominated Commissioner at GECOM, Desmond Trotman, expressed concerns about the attire of the Guyana Police Force’s trainee recruits – a move which some believe was an attempt to stir unnecessary mischief.
“I saw a whole contingent of persons I believe to be recruits… assembled there with red ties around their necks.” Trotman vented to reporters while observing polling day activities.
Asked whether the red tie forms part of the recruits’ uniform, Trotman said, “I’m not sure it is; I’ve never seen it before.”

However, Head of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Wendell Blanhum has since confirmed to reporters that the red tie is part of the recruits’ uniform.
This was also highlighted by Government-aligned Commissioner at GECOM, Sase Gunraj, who dismissed Trotman’s concerns. Gunraj pointed out that since 1956, when the police training school was opened, recruits have been wearing the same uniform.
“Commissioner Trotman just awoke to complain about that as Discipline Services vote,” Gunraj stated in a social media post on Friday.