TSU Officers complain of victimisation, corruption

Several ranks attached to the Technical Services Unit (TSU) of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) are alleging victimisation at the hands of senior officers.
Misconduct, bribery and unfair treatment feature greatly among the list of complaints detailed to Guyana Times by the ranks.
It was revealed that “honest Officers” who wish to carry out their daily duties are being unfairly punished for insignificant things, such as “a late haircut”.
One rank who spoke with this publication explained that a head of department questioned why his “facial hair was so long”, and after explaining that he would have breakouts on his face from shaving with a cheaper razor, he was slapped with a charge, and later given civvies, drills and other strenuous tasks as a form of punishment.
It is also alleged that only on set of ranks are being sent on duties in the interior locations, while the others are seconded in Georgetown.
“Only one set of them does go. They does pay the officers that have the responsibility of assigning those duties”, the frustrated rank stated.
Additionally, the rank who spoke with the Guyana Times revealed that several ranks of the Unit are not reporting for duty on a regular basis, but yet are paid their full monthly salaries.
“In the TSU section, we have Police men that only come to work pay week, collect their money, and don’t come to work for the rest of the month. Those that are supposed to be reprimanding them are not doing so”, one rank stated.
Another rank complained of being further victimised by divisional officers who seemingly have been transferred into the unit to make “our lives miserable”.
“The President, during his campaign, had said that officers who are involved in corruption will not be transferred to other divisions, but that’s exactly what has been happening; and now, because they have stress on their heads, (they are) taking it out on the Police Constables that work under them,” one rank has contended.
The TSU ranks are calling on the Public Security Minister to launch an urgent investigation into these complaints.
“I’m a young Police officer who intend to do this (policing) for the rest of my life; and if this is the condition that people have to work under, I’m hoping that the President and the ministers and whoever have to make this their concern intervene and let this stop as early as possible, so that people that want to be honest Police could do so,” one rank has declared.