COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF of the armed forces, President David Granger on Thursday said he expects the Police Service Commission to come on stream soon.
According to the head-of-state, once the matter of the Public Service Commission chairman is handled, the Police Service Commission will eventually follow.
“We have settled the Teaching Service Commission and the Integrity Commission and then we will move onto the Police Service Commission,” the President said.
The Police Service Commission is expected to be on stream by March. With the absence of the Police Service Commission, the Guyana Police Force will not see the promotions of senior officers.
Last year, the President advised that the promotions which were about to be effected by the last Police Service Commission be placed on hold due to several concerns which were raised regarding the process.
At the moment there are several vacancies within the Guyana Police Force with many senior officers gone into pre-retirement. Those include officers from the rank of Inspectors to Assistant Commissioners of Police. There are also several other officers who are expected to head into retirement this year which would eventually widen the gap of vacancies to be filled.
The commissioner of police himself is also preparing to head into his retirement and the Guyana Police Force like most of the citizenry, is anxiously waiting to see who will be the person filling that chair.
There are names of individuals which are being circulated both at the level of the police and other sections of society but government has not given an indication as to who the replacement for Seelall Persaud would be.
On Thursday, President David Granger, while addressing the Police Officers Conference, reiterated that only someone who is fit and proper and not corrupt should be the next commissioner of police.
