CAN anyone tell me whether a member of a Community Policing Group is exempted from being served with an arrest warrant, which was issued by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo due to a failure of an individual to pay his affiliation fee? I have concluded, that it is apparent after being privy to information which indicated that the Station Sergeant attached to Central Police Station, had affixed his signature and uplifted an arrest warrant from the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court on January 9, 2012 with the intention of having the ‘deadbeat dad’ make his child support payments.
But lo and behold, months later, having repeatedly raised the issue with the upper echelons including the Station Sergeant, the Commander’s secretary, who on consulting with the Berbice Top Cop, directed me to the Traffic Chief, and thereafter a cadet officer who was acting as the Officer in Charge of Central Police Station.  I was privileged to be in the company of the Traffic Chief, whom, when contacting the Station Sergeant via telephone was overheard saying, ‘CPG or PPG I do not care. Have him arrested this afternoon’. That was six weeks ago.
I was of the opinion that the law of maintenance and support instituted by parliamentarians many decades ago, were to benefit those who have need of it, but instead of being beneficiaries, children are denied an adequate upkeep because some persons are exempted from having the law executed upon them.
My case is not an isolated one, for there are countless mothers who have moved to the courts, but are still awaiting redress due to the lackadaisical behaviour of some policemen, and in the interim, are sometimes tempted to compromise their positions, as many live on the minimum wage, which is inadequate to decently maintain a family of three, which includes teenagers.