A TOTAL of 183 new police constables on Tuesday graduated from the Guyana Police Force, Felix Austin Police College, at the Tactical Services Unit Drill Square, Police Headquarters, Eve Leary, Georgetown.
Commissioner of Police, Seelall Persaud, who delivered the feature address at the passing out parade applauded the graduates on their hard work, while commending the force training officers’ who managed to meet the timelines of the course schedule.
Persaud in his address stated that the police force now is vastly different from when he joined many years ago. “The police force that we are embarking on now is one that is service-oriented, where decision making has been decentralised right down to frontline levels; one that is accountable, not only collectively but individually”, Persaud said.
The Commissioner of Police explained that the Guyana Police Force will be soon implementing a new budget that will target a number of issues affecting communities. “We are implementing a budget of what we refer to as team policing; so tomorrow when you join the stations, you will be joining teams that have the responsibilities to police geographic areas within those police station districts”.

Persaud explained that all officers will now have to make report on activities on a forth nightly basis, as a result, all will be accountable for every decision made. He further stated that no effort will go unnoticed, since in the future persons will be awarded incentives as promotions, monetary awards and others.
Also giving a report on the courses’, Inspector J. Percival stated that the students were not only exposed to rigorous trainings, but also a collection of classroom trainings. Among the graduates were 143 students from the recruit course and a total of 40 students from the conversion course.