President to reflect on Security Reform among other issues at Annual Police Conference

President at GPSGeorgetown : The annual Officers’ conference of the Guyana Police Force is set to begin on March 12, at Force’s Head Quarters, Eve Leary.

Commander-in-chief of the armed forces President Donald Ramotar is slated to deliver the feature address.

According to Government’s spokesman Dr. Roger Luncheon the President is expected to addressing several key issues.

Dr. Luncheon said that President Ramotar will have an “excellent opportunity” to reflect on security reform and its future, for and in the GPF and “vicariously” the citizens of Guyana. The president, it was also noted, is “most unlikely to avoid highlighting the impact of sustained resourcing”.

This, Dr. Luncheon said referred to provision of financial, capital goods, and political will and more over, the last three years of the president’s tenure in office.

Mention will also be made of the satisfaction of the provision of aid in various forms from the United Kingdom, the United States and other nations, the cabinet secretary added. These aid programmes were facilitated under the memorandum of understanding with the UK, the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) with the USA, the Inter-American Development Bank and the Citizens Security Initiative, initiated by the Home Affairs Ministry and expanded under the sector minister.

The officer corps of the GPF will also be enlightened by the president the current administration’s vision for the “life of the 11th parliament and beyond”, the cabinet secretary further added.