PUBLIC Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan has said that he was embarrassed to have listened to the many complaints he received from members of the public during a community outreach in Belle West, West Bank Demerara on Sunday.

The minister made the comments while presenting closing remarks at the conclusion of the event, which was shared by Vice-President and Minister of Indigenous Peoples Affairs Sydney Allicock, Divisional Commander Edmond Cooper, and other officials from the Ministry of Public Security.

“You know I am really very, very embarrassed to have heard all of this here today,” the minister remarked.

At the meeting, residents raised a number of concerns which generally affected their community, but it was those concerns which touched directly on the security sector that have dominated the meeting.

The issues included, but were not limited to, non-responsiveness by the police to reports, inactiveness, failure to do follow-ups, overloading of public transportation, noise nuisance, and lethargy by ranks working at the Wales Police Station.

Following the airing of their concerns, the minister, at the end of the comments by the residents, asked them which police station they were referring to as it relates to the various matters, and on each occasion they said it was the Wales Police Station, which has command responsibility for the community where the outreach was being held.

“Why are we having all these problems coming from the Wales Police Station?” Minister Ramjattan asked. He then instructed the commander of the division, Senior Superintendent Edmond Cooper to initiate a process so that the Police Office of Professional Responsibility can look into the matters taht were raised.

Motorcyclists traversing the community at high rates of speed, obstacles along the roadways, including loads of sand, and the destruction of government infrastructure were also raised with the minister.

Issues pertaining to the agriculture, citizenship, housing and infrastructure ministries were also raised at the meeting.