THE GUYANA Police Force, which was established in 1939, remains the principal crime-fighting agency in the country. Its role in maintaining law and order is becoming increasingly demanding, as this is seen as critical to the furtherance of democratic practices and national development. The Citizen Security Programme (CSP) has as one of its three main components Capacity Building and Modernisation of the Guyana Police Force.
The objective of this component is to transform the Guyana Police Force from being an incident-driven, reactive institution to one that relies on the analysis of patterns, incidents and problems in order to understand the characteristics and causes of incidents, which will ensure sustainable solutions.
The US$22M project will also realise the financing of technical assistance, equipment and rehabilitation of infrastructure for an Integrated Crime Information System (ICIS), and a comprehensive training scheme in several areas. This Train-the-Trainers programme includes investigation and detection of crime, information management, recruit training, case
management, ethnic and human rights, and accountability. It was conducted by an international team of experts.
The capacity of the Force’s work will also be greatly enhanced with the modernisation of physical infrastructure, such as the construction of a new crime laboratory, replete with equipment, and the construction of a new training facility.
A total of 12 police stations across the country have already been remodelled and refurbished to improve service to citizens reporting crimes, and remodelling and refurbishing of an additional six (6) are in progress. This is especially important in cases where there is need to protect identities, and take reports in instances of domestic abuse.
These stations, six in Georgetown and six in Region Six (East Berbice/Corentyne), are equipped with specialised facilities for identification parades, and areas for taking sensitive reports. The activity of taking reports has also been significantly upgraded, utilising Information and Communication Technology (ICT) which is connected to the central database.
CSP Coordinator,  Khemraj Rai noted that the idea of this phase of the project is to bring a greater sense of security to people and build trust in the police, so that when they go to the station to make a report, they must feel secure and confident that their faces and names will not be exposed to the  criminals. This he said, makes for modern policing techniques.
Commissioner of Police, Henry Greene noted that the programme is intended to improve the overall quality of the work of the Police Force, and to develop it to a more professional standard in keeping with best practices in the Caribbean and the rest of the world. The Force is significantly blessed, he said, with the outcomes in a number of areas, such as the quality of recruits, training, and the migration to electronic documentation.   
In an effort to professionalize the Force, the CSP has already trained 308 officers in the use of modern policing techniques.    These officers have already undertaken the training of recruits, thereby imparting the knowledge they gained during their own training.  In addition, the CSP has established an Integrated Crime Information System, and has embarked on the construction and equipment of a Forensic Laboratory.