COMMISSIONER of Police (ag), Mr. Clifton Hicken, and members of his Executive Leadership Team (ELT) team, on Tuesday, met with US Embassy officials on enhancing local security measures.

According to a press release, the meeting, which took place in the Commissioner’s Conference Room, was facilitated by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) Affairs and the Regional Security Office (RSO) for the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), to coordinate with the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to improve its Integrated Automated and Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS).

“Establishing this biometric record exchange programme between the FBI and the GPF will enable them to benefit from the FBI’s database on their criminal and counter-terrorism investigation records. The biometric system will include fingerprint scans, palm prints, facial recognition, and iris scans,” the GPF said, adding that this new feature will significantly enhance local crime-fighting efforts.