IN its efforts to further broaden the scope of community relations between members of the Guyana Police Force at the senior level and residents in various communities, the police have released the mobile and office numbers of all senior officers in the various police divisions.This move comes even as the police already have posted at police stations, mobile numbers for the commanders of the respective divisions and their supporting ranks.
It was noted by the Force that when the arrangement was first implemented, persons who were dissatisfied with the quality of service they would have received at police stations, could contact commanders, other senior police officers and other ranks whose numbers were listed at stations for members of the public to access.

There have been numerous cases, even after the Police Force had adopted this policy, of junior ranks including ranks working in operation rooms refusing to share the numbers of senior officers.

In addition, the ranks reportedly would often ask members of the public their names before giving the numbers; and should members of the public decline to state their names – especially because of the nature of their calls – (intelligence sharing), ranks would, reportedly, usually discontinue the calls, citing their inability to share the numbers without having the name of the civilian caller.

This publication has on numerous occasions tried the system and found that the practice is common in almost all police divisions and at some stations. When it was brought to the attention of the various divisional commanders, the errant junior ranks were often corrected.