A PLAINCLOTHES policeman, who was reportedly under the influence of alcohol on Sunday afternoon, drove a car into a drain at Sophia and smashed the nearby fence of a resident.
Residents said that just after the accident a bullet proof vest and ammunition were removed from the car bearing number plate PLL 7698.They also pointed reporters to a number of Guinness bottles that they said were removed also from the car.

Upset residents also identified the man who was driving the car. However, when attempts were made to take his photograph, he queried why that was being done and further asked, “Don’t you know you supposed to be 100 feet away from the crime scene?”. A civilian-dressed female officer then urged the man to cool his temper.
Eyewitnesses said that as the man spoke, the breath of the visibly unstable man smelled of an alcoholic substance. As a result of his reckless action, he destroyed the fence of resident Maylene Jordan of 542 ‘B’ Field, Sophia.
A female member of the police force who was on the scene was overheard telling incensed residents: “Wuh ya’ll getting on suh fuh? You gat to understand that police is human to and everybody is error …dem aint hire them from another country so if is goat yuh hire is goat yuh gat to tek.”
This latest incident comes at a time when the police force’s image has been taking a battering with allegations of sexual assault and common assault of detainees. Several policemen are due to be charged in connection with one of the incidents.
The Home Affairs Ministry has urged the Guyana Police Force to take steps to improve its administration of the law-enforcement
Written By Alex Wayne