SEVERAL ranks of the Special, Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) are on the verge of being transferred out of the unit, after failing integrity tests which were conducted recently.This was confirmed by Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud, while speaking with the media last Friday.

According to the Top Cop, the Police Force has conducted only one such exercise for this year. Asked at one point if the ranks will be transferred, the Commissioner said this will be done immediately after the results have been returned.

He did confirm, however, that they were informed of several failures but when asked for a number or percentage when taking into consideration the number of ranks who were tested, Commissioner Persaud said he was not in a position to state at the time, since he needed to confirm the number.

The media was told that the Police Force will not move to dismiss the officers from the force, but those transfers will be effected.