MEMBERS of the Community Policing Group (CPG) of ‘B 3’ Division based at Corentyne, Berbice continues to makes strides in assisting the police to reduce incidents of crime.

Apart from that, they have been very instrumental in many humanitarian activities in assisting the less fortunate in whatever way possible through money garnered from fund raising drives they would have had.

The CPG members under the guidance of Liaison Officer Radica Ramanandan and Public Relations Officer Narine Ramsundar and others purchased a wheelchair for a physically challenged man.
Raghubir Budhai, 80, of Number 65 Village, through a relative had approached the group for assistance in acquiring a wheelchair and one was gifted to him since he is ill and cannot move around on his own. He is confined to bed.
The presentation was made on July 21, 2015 to the elderly man at his home. Budhai extended gratitude for the good gesture which he said will help him a lot to move around on his own since his family had a hard time doing so.
Meanwhile, on June 3, 2015, the Chairman of the CPG Abdool Nisar accompanied by other members of Number 71 Village made a financial contribution in the burial of a 4-month-old baby whose parents could not afford to bury the infant.
The group donated a coffin, provided clothing and $21,000 in cash to the family which went towards the funeral and burial.
Parents of the dead baby were in loud praise for the timely gift and thanked the CPG for their kind support.
The CPG B 3 Division also sponsored a one-night wake for the relative of one of its members, who passed away.
Public Relation Officer Latchman Narine, Ramsundar, Chairman Abdool Nisar and executive members, Parbattie Persaud and Annmarie Williams provided the money for the wake for father of a CPG member, Suresh (only name given) of Number 68 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, whose loved one died on June 9, 2015.
The money went towards the arrangement of a religious function for one night prior to the funeral.
In a separate incident, the CPG members received information of the location of a wanted man, who had been hiding from the police for murder and went to the place where they arrested him and later handed him over to the police.
The suspect, whose name was given as Latchman was wanted for questioning by the police for the murder of a young lady of Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara on December 2013.

He was found in the backlands of Number 68 Village by the CPG members and taken to the Springlands Police Station.