THE Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday commissioned an arch and refurbished a steel gate to enhance the aesthetics at Traffic Headquarters at Barrack and Parade Streets in Kingston, Eve Leary, Georgetown.Assistant Commissioner David Ramnarine, in remarks made on behalf of Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud told the gathering that ranks had been instructed to do what was necessary to get the work done.

Ramnarine said the Guyana Police Force (GPF) must be imbued with an attitude of non-procrastination in order to operate efficiently and effectively. “If something can be done today, do it and do not wait until tomorrow,” he advised.

Ramnarine said the GPF is always under the microscope and when its representatives go public, they must do so 100% and see things through, regardless of who started it. This project was initially undertaken by Traffic Chief Ian Amsterdam, who is on leave and is out of the jurisdiction. The project was subsequently completed by Acting Traffic Chief Dion Moore.

Ramnarine applauded Moore and his team for completing the project and urged ranks to adopt a positive attitude towards work and dealing with members of the public, since complaints about the attitudes of police ranks are many.

Ramnarine said some ranks are reluctant to deal with issues forthwith, but the GPF is obliged to set a high standard and be role models in society.

He charged ranks to pattern themselves after Moore and Amsterdam, to have vision and foresight, and to be dynamic to see projects through to the end, no matter who started them.

Ramnarine told ranks that as servants of the public, they should be professional and deal with members of the public respectfully. He said they should discipline themselves to be able to work with others and to develop partnerships, since there is a need for networking to get things done.

Acting Traffic Chief Dion Moore remarked that although the project was initiated by Traffic Chief Ian Amsterdam, who is on leave, he continued the project and it came to fruition through partnership and team effort, of which he is pleased.

He said the project is the first of its kind, but the Traffic Department has always been in the limelight and its leadership saw the need to enhance the aesthetics of the surroundings, hence this project was undertaken, and similar projects will be undertaken also.

Inspector Glen Campbell was loud in praise for Rural Constable Mahendranauth Persaud, who is attached to the Prashad Nagar Outpost. As a welder and fabricator, Persaud was very instrumental in completion of the project.

In the presence of ‘A’ Division Commander Clifton Hicken, Force Training Officer Brian Williams, Acting Traffic Chief Dion Moore, and other officers, Assistant Commissioner David Ramnarine unveiled the plaque and cut the ribbon signalling commissioning of the arch and steel gate yesterday.

By Michel Outridge