GUYANESE need to support the Guyana Police Force (GPF), but they must act to gain our support. Commissioner Brumell is said to have told Stabroek News that his ranks were in control of the situation in Agricola from the beginning but had to use good judgment because of past incidents.

  He sounds like a politician trying to spin a yarn in his favour. It would be very enlightening if he were to tell us what he meant by “being in control and using good judgment because of past incidents.”
What exactly were the past incidents that influenced their actions in dealing with the criminal acts occurring that day?  How and what were the ranks in control of? People reported being robbed, whether the police were present or not, along the road or nearby. If true, the span of control must have been narrow and the judgment may be to ignore some crimes to perhaps avoid bigger problems.

Unfortunately, only Mr. Brumell may be able to give us a clearer understanding of the policies used. The GPF must better anticipate and plan for a series of steps that would quickly augment its force to an effective level to meet any increase in the threat of violence.
There is a case for an overwhelming police/security presence to be used at the right time, place and manner. The GDF must be part of such plans.  One of the things wrong in Guyana is the tendency to blame individual incompetence and corrupt actions on the government regardless of the facts. Anti-PPP/C critics prefer to excuse individual actions and failures in order to place the blame on the whole government. The supposed solution to all incompetence or corruption is to simply elect their party and all will be better.