– ‘…he better return that radio, if he does not return it we will have ways of retrieving it from him’
HOME Affairs Minister, Rohee has taken a swipe at former Police Commissioner, Winston Felix, now A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament (MP), urging him to return a police radio in his possession or else it will be forcibly taken from him. The minister said Felix made a statement, about overhearing him giving instructions to officers over a police radio and he did not have the chance to respond to Felix.
“Well he (Felix) better be careful, because, if he has a police radio that is still tuned into the police frequency, he better return that radio and I am saying that publicly, because, if he does not return it, we will have ways of retrieving it from him,” Rohee declared.
Rohee said Felix last week told the National Assembly that he overheard instructions (by Rohee) on a radio in a police car and explained: “For Felix to hear such a radio message in a police car is a well concocted story.”
“I have a police radio that was authorised to me by the former Commissioner of Police and, that aside, I am the Home Affairs Minister and I have the right to listen to anything that the police are saying or doing,” Rohee said.
The Home Affairs Minister also indicated that, for a former Commissioner of Police to be saying that he overheard a conversation over a police radio is quite strange.
The minister noted that, as Felix is no longer a police, he had better return the radio.

BY EXAMPLE
Meanwhile, the minister who was at the time addressing subordinate officers (SOs) in charge of police stations and members of community policing groups (CPGs), urged the members of CPGs to ensure that there is discipline on the job and that they should lead by example.
Rohee said he feels very uncomfortable when he has to read about police investigating their own and advised them that, despite the circumstances, they must always investigate and listen to both sides of a story.
He used his experience a few years ago; when he was the subject of many persons in society after reports surfaced that his United States (U.S.) visa had been revoked although they were false.
Rohee challenged CPG members to be vigilant in the areas where they work, noting that Guyana is the only country in the Caribbean that has a flourishing community policing arm.
He said this is possible because of the resources that are provided to those groups.