Female constable missing
Missing: Police Special Constable, Erica Paul-Crawford
Missing: Police Special Constable, Erica Paul-Crawford

WHILE the Guyana Police Force is treating the non-appearance of Police Special Constable, Erica Paul-Crawford, 31, for work as absent, her relatives believe the matter should be treated as a missing person case.

They have not heard from Paul-Crawford in three weeks.
The woman, who resided in Mocha, East Bank Demerara, was away from the job after she reportedly submitted a sick leave covering an injury to her back she reportedly sustained during a fall. However, after the sick leave expired, she did not show up for work and efforts to contact her proved futile. This got relatives worried, especially since the young lady was slated to leave the country with other members of the Guyana Police Force on an assignment.

Crime Chief, Deputy Commissioner Lyndon Alves told Guyana Chronicle that he is aware that a rank by the name of ‘Crawford’ has not been reporting for duty. He said the Force is not at the time treating the matter as a missing person case but rather a rank who is absent from duty.

A relative of the policewoman said she last spoke with Paul-Crawford on May 23. Paul-Crawford had indicated that she was submitting a medical as she fell and hit her back.
The young lady said her sister also told her that she was slated to leave the country and was excited. Crime Chief Alves confirmed that the rank was indeed slated to leave the country on an assignment.

The policewoman has no children but has a boyfriend. Relatives reportedly made contact with the boyfriend, who said he is in the interior and knows nothing about the whereabouts of Paul-Crawford.

The family said the development is unusual as Paul-Crawford would usually be in constant contact with her relatives. Her sister related that during their last conversations, the policewoman indicated that “If mommy ask for me tell her that I am ok and let her not worry”.

An officer from the Criminal Investigation Department registry reportedly telephoned family members to enquire when last they heard from the young lady but they could only account for the communication with her some three weeks ago.

The sister said they were then informed by police that the young lady has not been reporting for work. At that point, the relatives began calling the mobile phone of the now missing cop but those calls went unanswered.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Erica Paul-Crawford can contact her relatives on telephone number 694-8473 or the nearest police station.

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