Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn; Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken; Chief of Defence Staff, Brigadier Omar Khan and National Security Adviser Gerry Gouveia pay their respects at the event
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) paid homage to their fallen comrades during a wreath laying ceremony on Sunday July 13, 2025. The annual event pays respect to police men and women who died in the line of duty.
The wreath laying ceremony, held at the Monument for Fallen Heroes in the Police Officers’ Mess Compound, Eve Leary, Georgetown, was part of the GPF’s 186th anniversary observances.
Family members laid wreaths at the monument
Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn; Chief of Defence Staff, Brigadier Omar Khan; Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken and National Security Adviser Gerry Gouveia, along with other high-ranking officials, and the families of the fallen heroes, laid wreaths at the base of the monument during the homage ceremony. (Photos by the Corporate Communications Unit (CCU) of the GPF)