East Canje residents complain of poor police response

…as deputy commander listens to complaints during outreach

Some residents of Number Two Village East Canje, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) have expressed disappointment with the response they have been receiving from the police.
This was brought out during a recent engagement between residents and the police during an outreach.
During the engagement, one resident did not hold back in expressing his disappointment with the police.
“The police have not been efficient,” he told Deputy Commander of Region Six Superintendent Ravindra Stanley, who headed the delegation from Regional Police Division 6.
Superintendent Stanley pointed out the need to build partnerships saying that the division was bringing policing to the community.

“We are doing this rather than you having to come to us… Some persons may not want to go to the police station but if we are here they may want to open up,” he said, noting that persons would have been allowed to discuss sensitive issues in private during the engagement.
Meanwhile, residents complained bitterly of the service they have been receiving from the police.
One resident said that last year his house was broken into on four occasions and there has been no response from police.
“One time I made four calls to the police while the men were in the house. On the fourth call they told me to come to the station and make a report, and then men were in the house…”
However, some spoke of the police responding to calls noise nuisance but said they were not pleased with the response.
“When you called the police, they came and I don’t know what they went and tell the people and drove off,” one resident explained.
Another resident spoke of members of a certain family stopping their vehicle in front of their house and loudly playing a recorded death announcement of a member of their household.
“If the police don’t do anything you may have to come here for something else, because all the police doing is saying that this is a private matter and it is not me alone; look all of these families here are being affected…” one resident said.
Meanwhile, the community was told that the matter has reached a different level and the police are currently investigating acts of cybercrime have taken statements from several persons, and have also taken possession of some electronic devices.
Some of the issues addressed by Superintendent Stanley and team were noise nuisance, thieves living in abandoned houses, and the need for a community policing group within the community.
Those issues among others were addressed by the deputy Commander and arrangements were made to deal with existing matters.
Superintendent Stanley promised a follow-up visit to the community to see if the issues have been addressed. (G4)