Police to hold massive youth expo tomorrow

TO mark its one- year anniversary with the renewed approach towards building public trust, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) through its ‘A’ Division commander and members of that division’s management, will this Sunday host a youth exposition which is expected to be attended by hundreds.The main focus of the exposition will be the showcasing of the art and craft of young people the police have been working with over the past years in several communities within Georgetown and its outskirts. Those exhibits will also be up for sale in an effort to sustain the youth groups with funds generated, as the police will be looking to move on and start commissioning new groups in areas which they have not yet begun working with.The event will be hosted at the Thirst Park Ground and is expected to be declared open by either Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud or ‘’A Division Commander Clifton Hicken. Courts Guyana and Banks DIH Limited are part sponsors of the event.
Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle earlier this week, ‘A’ Division Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken said that the police force has enjoyed working with the communities through the formation of youth groups over the last years, and noted that those efforts were largely successful since the police did not impose themselves on the communities, but rather adopted a collaborative approach whereby all programmes and initiatives implemented were those which the communities desired.
There will be 11 youth groups brought together from 11 different communities with each of them showcasing different aspects of what they have been learning and engaged with over the past years since working along with the police.
The commander said that one of the main focuses behind the exposition is to have the children who are obviously from various backgrounds, communicate and interact with each other in an effort to learn new things and each other’s culture and their environment.
He said that while the Guyana Police Force is reforming itself, it is also working to ensure that it reforms the youth and that is largely one of the main reasons for Commissioner Seelall Persaud’s effective community- related policing and interaction.
Hicken also spoke of targeting High School children which he said the police will be working with to play lead roles in their communities in the form of organising projects and identifying areas of possible cooperation between the police and communities.
According to him, that approach would see the children at a very tender age being able to adopt leadership styles and qualities and developing the ability to make firm and informed decisions on behalf of their communities.
Hicken called on members of the public to come and support the exposition on Sunday and show their support for the work the police are doing in playing the second guardians of children, complementing the work of many parents especially those who have been manning single- parent homes.
Meanwhile, Division Public Relations Officer ASP Scipio told the Chronicle that the event would also be having music and among the displays which persons will be able to view and purchase include craft, floral arrangements, tie-dye, photo frames and will also be putting on a cultural show for persons who will be present.

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