Georgetown : At the just concluded workshop on the Draft CARICOM Crime and Security Strategy 2012, at the GRAND Coastal Inn, Minister Rohee stated that the reality of Guyana’s crime level should be identified so as to better tackle it.
He pointed to the international level where focus is being placed on the proliferation of illegal guns which have had a significant impact on the escalation of crime, along with the issue of human trafficking and money laundering.
“At the end of the day a country would have a whole raft of strategies, and would also have to have the necessary resources to implement those strategies, if crime is to be tackled effectively,” he said.
A structure has already been established by CARICOM Heads of Government in respect to regional security where Commissioners of Police and Military Chiefs meet on an annual basis to discuss the way forward.
The Council of Ministers responsible for National Security and Law Enforcement (CONSLE), at its 5th meeting mandated the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security to develop a Regional Crime and Security strategy.
The two day workshop attracted a number of top security personnel including Deputy Commissioner of Law Enforcement, Seelall Persaud, Head, Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU), James Singh, Chief of Staff, of the Guyana Defence Force, Commodore Gary Best, Secretary to the Defence Board, Dr. Roger Luncheon and Director of Prisons Dale Erskine.
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