– Paul Williams says prepared for challenge of commissioner
– gets ringing endorsement from NGO

ASSISTANT Commissioner of Police (ACP), Crime Chief Paul Williams says he is ready to serve as Commissioner of Police as he is fully qualified and has over 31 years of service which he earned starting from the position of constable.
Williams who was at the time speaking at a press conference on Monday at the Officers’ Training Centre, Camp Road and Young Street, Eve-Leary, Georgetown also said of the eight Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs) everyone would like to be promoted to the top seat of the Police Force.

Noting that the post of the Commissioner of Police lies at the President’s discretion, Williams said “whatever it is, wherever I am being placed and whatever challenge comes before me in this Guyana Police Force to serve this nation, I am prepared for it and if it is the seat of the Commissioner of Police, let it be.”

Throughout his life, Williams has travelled across the world to participate in various forums, conferences and training courses, on matters of explosives and conflict resolution to interviewing and investigation skills.

For 24 years, Williams has been married and is the father of four. He considers himself to be an optimistic individual who wants to leave behind a favourable legacy. At the press conference, Dianne Madray, a member of the Caribbean American Domestic Violence Awareness (CADVA) endorsed the crime chief for the position of Top Cop, noting that based on her experience and working along with Mr. Williams in solving the murder of Shawnette Savory, she is confident that he will bring a breath of fresh air to the position of police chief.

“The person holding the position of police commissioner, has to be a person for the people, and prior individuals may not have set that precedence and I believe, based on my experience and what I have seen at CID, the air was so much lighter and there is a great team,” she explained. “In my opinion Mr. Williams would be an excellent candidate for the post of commissioner of police.”
She said that if Mr. Williams holds the position of top cop there will be far less corruption in the Guyana Police Force (GPF). “The nation needs to trust the police, the justice system and once we begin to do that you will begin to see a transition of a country that is going to be so different, and it will make people like me and in the diaspora want to return to Guyana,” Madray said.

Madray pledged her support and incentives to the GPF noting that, “I will knock on whatever door and whoever I need to talk to ensure that the right things happen.”
Two weeks ago, Williams was among eight ACPs who were interviewed and wrote an assessment test, as President David Granger commenced the search for a substantive commissioner of police, as well as four deputy commissioners. Assistant Commissioners David Ramnarine, Clifton Hicken, Leslie James, Lyndon Alves, Marlon Chapman, Paul Williams, Nigel Hoppie and the lone female, Maxine Graham were those who were interviewed.