THE POLICE are sending a strong warning to persons that no violence and other lawlessness would be tolerated at the annual GuyExpo fair which commences today. 

And so they have adopted several new approaches to dealing with the traffic, crowd and security concerns of exhibitors and visitors to the exhibition.
Yesterday “A” Division Commander, Clifton Hicken, Acting Deputy Commander, Wayne De Hearte and No.2 Sub Divisional Officer, Kalicharan Parshram visited the exhibition site ahead of today official opening of the four- day event.
Hicken told the Guyana Chronicle that patrons must lodge their firearms at the police outpost at the exhibition site. He said that persons will be profiled before entering the facility as part of an accountability method.
In addition, the police in “A” Division will be collaborating with the ranks in “C” Division as they man check points along Dennis Street monitoring the traffic and pedestrians. They will be policing the GuyExpo facility and its surroundings with the use of off-road vehicles, ranks on motorcycles and on foot, as well as with roving patrols through the streets in the Campbellville area, to ensure persons walking or driving to the facility are not menaced by persons with criminal intent.

(By Leroy Smith)