Private Security Companies Allowing Untrained Persons to Carry Firearms is Widespread
Dear Editor,
According to a police press release, a 20-year-old security guard accidentally shot himself and a 15-year-old vendor, who was an innocent bystander, on Wednesday, January 18, 2023, on Robb Street in the vicinity of Bourda Market, Georgetown. It was further reported that the security guard told investigators that he took out the firearm, a Taurus 9mm pistol, from the waist of his pants to clear it when a shot accidentally went off. It was revealed that the security guard was not a Supernumerary Constable and therefore was not legally authorized to carry a firearm. He is alleged to have told the police that he was not trained to use a firearm and was employed by the security company two weeks before the incident.
Death of Detective Corporal McPherson should be of Concern to Every Guyanese
Dear Editor,
The killing of police Detective Corporal Dwayne McPherson and Kishan Bugburgh during the early morning of the first day of 2023 at Huntley Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, should be of concern to every Guyanese. The circumstances surrounding the killings and what is reported to have occurred immediately after should alarm all of us. It must have been the worst possible start to the New Year for those two families. My thoughts and prayers are with them.
Lloyd Barker (January 6, 1931 - July 20, 1999)
Lloyd Arnold Barker, one of Guyana's longest serving and widely respected commissioners of police, died peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday night after a short illness. He was 68.