THE Ministry of Home Affairs, on Tuesday, alluding to a March 13, 2004 Kaieteur New article captioned ‘Civilians contract coming to an end, reforms still a long way off’, said it was misleading.A press statement from the ministry said it was concerned about the propensity that is being displayed by Kaieteur News in misleading the public about events that have been occurring in the Guyana Police Force (GPF).
It said that, perhaps, “their agents” have not been forthright in providing them accurate information about matters relating to the GPF in which they seem to have an interest.
The release stated that the members of the Strategic Management Department (SMD) were employed on one year contracts, renewable every year based on their performance and they are all aware of the conditionality of their employment.
The ministry said it is unaware of any action currently being taken to deny renewing the contracts of members of the SMD.
Further, the implementation of the strategic plan of the GPF is scheduled to be undertaken over a period of five years.
Annual report

It added that, very shortly, the ministry expects the Head of the SMD to submit his Annual Report on its achievements since its formation.
The statement noted that that activity forms part of the ministry’s monitoring and evaluation strategy to ensure that the modernisation process of the Force is kept on track.
The ministry pointed out that the modernisation procedure of the GPF is not personality driven and, therefore, if Kaieteur News believes that any individual could stymie it, the authors of the article are mistaken.
The ministry said, in keeping with its oversight responsibilities, it will take all steps to ensure that the modernising of the GPF continues in spite of any attempt to distract its attention.