Police school delinquent bus operators, touts on proper conduct
As part of an enforcement exercise aimed at enforcing traffic laws and maintaining law and order at the various bus parks at Stabroek, ranks of A Division (Georgetown-East Bank Demerara) clamped down on delinquent bus operators and touts.
The detained bus operators and touts during the schooling session at the Brickdam Police Station
The “Traffic Enforcement Exercise” commenced on Thursday and continued on Friday during which some 17 persons were arrested for touting and several minibus drivers and conductors were detained for various offences, a statement from the Force’s Public Relations Office said.
These include: soliciting of passengers; having offensive weapons (knife and ice picks); tint; breach of road services licence (amplifier set and equaliser in minibus); breach of road services licence (offensive words and designs on minibus), and defective tyre.
As part of the exercise, traffic ranks stationed at the Brickdam Police Station, which also houses the Divisional Headquarters, took the opportunity to educate the delinquent drivers and conductors about the seriousness of these offences prior to releasing them.
Some of the detained vehicles at the Police station
They were advised on issues such as the seating capacity of a minibus; working attire; obstruction of traffic around the Stabroek Market area; playing of loud or offensive music; speed limit; cleanliness of the interior of the minibuses; paying of traffic tickets; insurance of motor vehicle, and adhering to all traffic laws and regulations.
Following the teaching session, the drivers were all grateful to the police for their leniency and thanked them for the advice given.
The “Traffic Enforcement Exercise” was spearheaded by Second-in-Charge ‘Traffic’ A Division, Assistant Superintendent Forbes Browne, and assisted by Inspector Gavin Boyce along with a team from the Brickdam Police Station’s Traffic Department.
