ON Wednesday, Acting Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud told reporters that by next week, there will be some reposting of senior ranks to the various police divisions across the country.
Persaud made it clear that the reposting of ranks is to ensure that there is proper supervision of the various divisions and other departments of the force.Yesterday, the Guyana Chronicle was reliably informed that already several senior officers have been informed of their likely new areas of command with effect from the new week.
Topping the list of reshuffling is Senior Superintendent Clifton Hicken who will be asked to give up the command of D Division and to head the very sensitive A Division.
Clifton Hicken will be backed by Superintendent Moore who is presently the Traffic Officer at A Division, while Superintendent Brutus will be moved from B Division where he will head the operations of traffic at A Division.
The other changes are the removal of Assistant Commissioner Winston Cosbert from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to the Police Special Branch, while the present head of that department, Senior Superintendent Leslie James, will take over the operations of the CID.
The Felix Austin Police College will have a new administrator in the person of Superintendent Adrian Simon, while Paul Williams will remain the Force Training Officer.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Balram Persaud will remain at the helm of the Force Administration Division, as well as Assistant Commissioner David Ramnarine, who is presently in charge of the Force’s Operations Department.
There are several other changes to take effect from next week.
By Leroy Smith