Police Mounted Branch, Canine Section to reintroduce park patrols

Deputy Police Commissioner Ravindradat Budhram, the officer in charge of the Force’s Operations, on Wednesday announced that the Guyana Police Force would be re-introducing park patrols around Georgetown by utilising the resources of its Mounted Branch and Canine Section.
The initiative is aimed at using the Force’s Mounted Branch and Canine (K-9) Unit at their maximum capacities so as to enhance public safety.
Budhram has charged the ranks to keep fit and equip themselves through the various courses and training programmes provided by the GPF.
The Mounted Branch and K-9 Section were formed in the 1900s, and played a crucial role at that time. Some reasons for the formation of the branch were to maintain order in the streets, for presidential escorts, and for crowd control during protests, strikes, shows, crime fighting, detection of explosives, retrieving of illegal arms and ammunition, illegal drugs, contraband, and apprehension of perpetrators, etc.
Meanwhile, Budhram has also met with the officers in charge of the Mounted and Canine Sections: Deputy Superintendent Rockwell Delph; second-in-charge, Assistant Superintendent Devon Gordon; Administrative Officer Inspector Carl Saul, along with all other ranks of the Department, at the Police Sports Ground.
All the ranks were urged to maintain discipline during discussion, be of service to the citizens of Guyana, and strive at all times to make Guyana a safer place for all.