HOME Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee on Monday said that as, far as he is aware, there is nothing wrong with Commissioner of Police(ag), Seelall Persaud using the emblem of the Guyana Police Force on the vehicle issued to him for official use. However, at the time he directed all questions on the matter to the Commissioner himself.

The Home Affairs Minister was asked on Monday by reporters to comment on the matter which made the front page of a newspaper over the weekend.
“I don’t know that anything is wrong with that but I know as far as I can recall it is only the President and the Head of the GDF that has that kind of facility,” the Minister said.
According to Rohee, the best person to ask is the Police Commissioner. He also said that since he assumed the post of Minister of Home Affairs he cannot remember any other Top Cop using the emblem on his official vehicle.
Meanwhile, in an invited comment on Tuesday, Commissioner of Police (ag), Seelall Persaud when asked if he sees a problem with having the police force emblem on his vehicle, promptly responded, “I see a problem with breaches of the law.”
Asked how the emblem was put on the vehicle, the Commissioner explained that it was the police who placed it there as no one outside of the force would do so.
The Top Cop said that he did not see that placing the emblem on his official vehicle as being unprecedented and sought to explain the significance of it being placed there. He added that he would have to check the history of the Police Force to see if such a step is indeed unprecedented.
He also told reporters that the law does not prohibit the use of the emblem on the vehicle, and assured that it would not be seen moving around the country on journeys without his approval.
Seelall said the vehicle would be seen whenever he is travelling in it but whenever he is not using the vehicle it would be parked unless he sanctions the journey.
He further stated that despite the fact that there are two service vehicles issued to him, it is only the Land Cruiser Prado which has the emblem of the Police Force on it; the other vehicle bears a number plate with a registration number.
The Top Cop, assuring that there will be no form of abuse of the privileges of the vehicle moving around with the emblem, told reporters that the presence of the emblem also ties in with the whole public trust drive.

(By Leroy Smith)