COMMISSIONER of Police, Mr Seelall Persaud on Friday last said he sees a need for the Force to be more active in its First Aid training, and this should not only be done ahead of the annual First Aid competitions.

He said that for years, the Force has been holding the competition and it is only when the time is approaching for the event that much effort is expended on having ranks trained as they vie for top honours at the end of the exercise.
According to him, the competition would only impact the people who are taking part in the competition, while pointing out that time and time again in the line of policing, ranks would meet persons who have some amount of first aid training,and who would try to assist the work of the police especially at accident scenes and who could make a difference.
Just recently, five police ranks were trained by Accident and Emergency Response Specialist, Dr Zulficar Bux at the Georgetown Public Hospital in the administering of first aid treatment and according to the ‘Top Cop’, those persons were all successful at the end of their training.
The Commissioner said he is looking forward to the continued cooperation of Dr Bux in the further training of police officers, so that the force could use those very ranks to offer training to their colleagues in the area of first aid and paramedic treatment at an elementary level in the interim.
Dr. Bux, according to the Commissioner, would be working with the Guyana Police Force to develop a curriculum with which the five graduated ranks would be able to provide training to their colleagues, while the force would fit it into the operational and organisational framework of the force.
In addition, the training would be extended to all communities across Guyana where the police force has developed youth groups and the training would be rolled out as part of community programmes.
He said that the training would be spread across the country and the police force is an ideal conductor for the training, given its broad base and the fact that its presence is precious in every single community throughout the country.
Incidentally, the Guyana Police Force will head to Essequibo where they plan to hold a medical outreach on Saturday November 22, 2014. That event would also feature Dr. Bux and a team from the Ministry of Health and other medical practitioners who are in private practice.
Among the issues already agreed to be addressed with the residents are presentations on lifestyle diseases and the contribution of healthy eating and exercise to the prevention of lifestyle diseases and other ailments.