Dear Editor,
It is just simply beyond my comprehension why things in our capital city have to be so dissimilar and retrograde from other capitals and cities from around the world.
Many Police departments around the world have ‘Lost and Found Divisions’, where citizens can go to recover items that they may have accidentally dropped or absent- mindedly left in public parks, on the roadways, and in other public spaces.
Every piece of property that comes into the custody of these Police departments is carefully catalogued and tracked as part of these departments’ mandate to preserve and protect property by providing professional, proficient and systematic storage and handling of each and every piece of property that is entrusted to their care.
At the City Constabulary in Georgetown it is the exact opposite.
It is the City Police who are losing or misplacing their property, and needing the help of the citizens or the national Police to recover what in many instances are restricted and hazardous items that should only be handled by law enforcement agencies.
In the past, there have been disappearances of large quantities of ammunition, and the puerile excuse was given that it was used by a senior officer for target practice. Considerable sums of bail money and fines deducted from errant officers just vanished and were never recovered. And, more recently, firearms have gone missing.
Clearly, this points to gross negligence, sloppy management, and extreme dishonesty; and the buck must stop at the political and administrative leadership of the Council for these and the many other lapses at the municipality.
And this brings us to the big questions, and those are: What will be done about it? Who will be sanctioned? When will the slackness at City Hall stop? And when will the square pegs in the round holes be removed from the Council? Only when they retire?
Sincerely,
Shanta Singh
