DURING an exclusive interview with the Guyana Chronicle recently, ‘E’ Division Commander Superintendent, Calvin Brutus disclosed that in his division, there are not many serious crimes, but the division is plagued by break and entries, larceny, sexual offences among juveniles and robberies.

The commander however pointed out that while solving the crimes are somewhat difficult because of several factors, the police have been making headway in a number of cases,largely due to intelligence-gathering.
Brutus said that they are forced to depend heavily on intelligence reporting and gathering for the solving of crimes, because the terrain and the materials with which homes and other structures have been built and the dusty areas make it very difficult for the police to lift prints from crime scenes. He did however confirm that the police have been receiving the cooperation of residents in the communities of the division in the fight against crime.
With respect to the break and entries, Brutus explained that there seems to be a lucrative market for electrical appliances and as such, when persons break into houses and stores at the market place they seem more interested in the electrical appliances.
He said that based on police intelligence, they were able to gather that there is a lucrative market for the items in Georgetown, and the police in both ‘E’ and ‘A’ Divisions have been working to get to the persons who have been purchasing the stolen items.
With respect to sexual offences, the commander said the police in the division are investigating reports of sexual misconduct among juveniles and that they continue to receive such reports. Commander Brutus added that, that is something the division is working very hard to address with the relevant agencies.
Brutus explained that these incidents occur mostly in the riverine areas and at present a young man is being sought for impregnating a young girl while a grandfather has also been accused of impregnating his granddaughter.
There are not many domestic violence cases being addressed by the police since such occurrences are not prevalent in the division. The police have also adopted an approach in ‘E’ Division whereby persons who are out on High Court bail, are constantly monitored by the police. It is because of this monitoring that the police were able to gather information to the effect that three of the most recent, serious robberies in the division had involved at least one person who is out on High Court bail.
The police have already launched a search for him, but he is said to have fled the division and even as searches were conducted at all of the places he is known to be.
With respect to policing the division, the divisional commander explained that ranks use their vehicles to patrol areas and in cases where police stations are located, there are ranks who would patrol on foot a reasonable distance from the stations.

By Leroy Smith