THE Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA) on Monday said that the following persons attached to the Guyana Police Force (GPF), MOHA and the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) have attended or are attending specialist training overseas, as listed below.

GUYANA POLICE FORCE

1. Corporal 16630 Handel Moses attended “UNLIREC’S 2nd Regional Armoury Management Training Course (AMC) for Caribbean States” from June 2-13, 2014 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The aim of the course was to bolster the capacities of Government Armourers in the specific technical skills and management processes necessary for the safe, effective and efficient accounting, inspection, repairs, maintenance, storage, security and destruction of firearms and ammunition.

2. Assistant Superintendent Ludvick Scotland, Assistant Superintendent Gary Mc Allister, Superintendent Hugh Jessemy and Superintendent Wendell Blanhum attended the “Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Training Course on “Criminal Investigative Techniques” from June 9-13, 2014 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago ; and

Sergeant Phillip Bowman, Corporal Darmendra Inderpaul, Deputy Superintendent Michael Kingston, Inspector Nolan Burnette and Inspector Chabinauth Singh attended the “Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Law Enforcement Training Course on “Interview and Interrogation” from June 16-20, 2014 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

3. Senior Superintendent of Police Leslie James, Head of the Criminal Investigations Department, Guyana Police Force attended a Workshop /Seminar on “Tourism Security and Safety” from June 11-13, 2014 in Mexico City.
The workshop/seminar included panels on specialised services for the tourism sector such as Tourism Security and Protection; Search and Rescue in case of natural disasters or accidents.

4. Detective Corporal 18168 Richard Ramotar of the Criminal Investigation Department attended an “Intelligence Gathering and Analysis Course” from June 16-27, 2014 in Jamaica. The aim of the course was to familiarise participants with the basic principles and methodologies related to gathering, analysing and disseminating criminal intelligence. The course also provided insight into how criminal intelligence may be used in any law enforcement organisation for determining and solving crime.

5. Head of the Criminal Investigations Department, Leslie James attended the “Interpol and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Law Enforcement Critical Infrastructure Symposium” from July 7-10, 2014 in Miami, Florida. The symposium focused on sharing and exploring law enforcement best practices related to critical infrastructure and identifying commonalities between both infrastructure sectors and countries which facilitate economies of scale and set the stage for future multilateral engagements.

6. Corporal 17568 Cobena Edwards attended the “Bodyguard Training Course” from July 7-11, 2014 in the United States. The training course equipped the officers with the necessary skills and techniques required to execute their duties effectively as bodyguards.
CUSTOMS ANTI-NARCOTICS UNIT

7. Mr. James Singh, Head, Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) attended the “XXXI International Drug Enforcement Conference (IDEC)” from June 17-19, 2014 in Rome, Italy. The conference brought together high level drug enforcement officials from more than 100 countries to discuss issues such as global drug trafficking organisations, precursor chemical control, the nexus between drugs and terrorism financial facilitators, demand reduction and intelligence sharing across multi-national law enforcement agencies.

MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

8. Mr. Oliver Profitt, Research Officer of the Ministry of Home Affairs attended the “Third National Correspondents Technical Workshop of the Continuous Reporting Septum of International Migration of the Americas (SICREMI)” from June 24-25, 2014 in Antigua, Guatemala.
The objective of the workshop was to improve the quality of information on migration at the international and regional levels, through analysis and discussion of technical issues related to the production of national reports and exchange of experiences in the field among the participating countries.

9. Mr. Floyd Mc Donald, DSM, Coordinator, Task Force on Fuel Smuggling and Contraband attended the “Meeting of the Executive Body of the South American Council on Citizen Security, Justice and Coordination of Action against Transnational Organised Crime” from June 25-26, 2014 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Coordination of Police Actions and Criminal Pursuit in relation to Transnational Organised Crime and General Consideration of the advances and projection of the Action Plan of the Council, among other matters, were discussed.

10.Major General (ret’d) Michael Atherly , MSS will be attending the “Working Group of Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism for the Sixth Evaluation Round Drafting Session for Institutional Strengthening” from July 29-31, 2014 in Washington, D.C. Institutional strengthening in the areas of national drug authorities, drug plans and strategies and observatories on drugs will be discussed.

(Michel Outridge)