IN keeping with the Guyana Police Force’s policy on building partnerships with communities, Commander of ‘D’ Division, Senior Superintendent Rishi Das and team along with members of the C-PETS (Creating Positive Environments Through Safer Communities) recently visited Santa Mission where 60 children were given school items.

The commander met with the Deputy Captain, village councils and residents in the community after which the team distributed exercise books, reading materials, haversacks and other school items to 60 children from the Santa Mission Primary School.

Commander Das said the vision of the project is to share the burden of the policing through partnerships for the development of safer communities.

He said that the initiative will promote trust, empower citizens to develop a sense of personal security and to remove the social ills from their communities.

Das explained that the overall objective he added is to reduce crime and fear of crime within the communities in the division and enhance community safety and security while reducing the incidents of domestic violence while empowering the youths.

He also noted that the project also aims to reduce drugs and alcohol abuse among citizens and promote sports, culture and entertainment and healthy lifestyle awareness.

The C-PETS is a programme that was launched in 2014 by then Commander, Assistant Commissioner (R’td) Ian Amsterdam.