Acting Police Commissioner Henry Greene says that the Guyana Police Force is taking the Buxton/Agricola gang apart a little piece at a time.Greene made the comments yesterday during the presentation of awards to several members of the force on the occasion of the organisation’s 169th anniversary.According to Commissioner Greene,Stitched Jerseys, the police came close to capturing elements of this gang during two shootouts on Tuesday night.?He said that already for this year the police have interdicted a large number of the gang members.“Many of them are behind prison bars; some are elsewhere. We are taking that gang apart little by little and we will continue to do so until we have reduced that gang out of society,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys,” Greene said.Since the commencement of this year,NFL Jerseys China, there have been three brutal massacres: one at Lusignan, another at Bartica for which the Buxton gang has been blamed, while controversy surrounds the slaughter of eight miners at Lindo Creek, a few miles from the gang’s previous hideout at Christmas Falls.During the same period, the police have killed three members of the gang while several others have been arrested.The main man, Rondell ‘Fine Man’ Rawlins, is still on the loose, having eluded the security forces on several occasions. Added to this is the recent escape of Jermaine Charles which has compounded matters for the security forces.The Acting Commissioner said that it is suspected that members of the Buxton gang were involved in last Tuesday night’s shootouts with the security forces.He said that the nature of the engagements, in which high powered weapons were used,Wholesale Jerseys From China, suggests that the perpetrators were members of the Buxton gang.According to Greene, the police had information that Jermaine ‘Skinny’ Charles was in the area and it was based on that that the police launched its operation.“We did encounter two sets of criminal elements we suspect to be elements of the Buxton gang. These were encountered in and around Georgetown and also on East Bank Demerara.“We will not give up but will continue to take the fight to those who want to make this country insecure; those who want to ensure that people cannot rest in peace.“We will ensure that they (criminals) do not rest in peace and the battle will continue,” Greene stated.No one was reportedly injured in the two incidents nor was anyone arrested.The Commissioner said that while the force may not capture all of the gang at the same time, “li’l bit dutty build big dam.”He is backing his men to complete the job of capturing the remaining elements of the gang.Yesterday, the force paid out millions of dollars to 1243 ranks representing about one third of the strength of the organization.They had performed beyond the call of duty to bring criminal elements to justice.Yesterday’s payout brings the total amount paid in incentives to police ranks to $121M since the initiative started several years ago under former Commissioner Laurie Lewis.The ranks were rewarded for interdiction of drugs and firearms; intelligence work; good investigation and special operations.“These ranks performed over and above what they are expected to do as a normal police rank,” the Acting Commissioner said.Also recognized for their contributions to crime-fighting were members of several Community Policing Groups and the Neighbourhood Police.But despite the limited success of the force, the organization remains woefully short of manpower.“One of our major difficulties is manpower, the ability to attract and maintain the levels of the force. That is a significant difficulty. We need persons to join the Guyana Police Force to support our infrastructure against criminal elements,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys,” said the Acting Commissioner.He called on all civic-minded members of the society to encourage their children to enlist in the Guyana Police Force since, according to him, there are several career opportunities awaiting them.“For the first time we have sent on the GDF Cadet (officers’) Course,Cheap NFL Jerseys, 25 persons. It never happened in our history. So far 23 of them are still on that programme and we hope all 23 of them would graduate to become cadet officers in the Guyana Police Force. We have a career for you,” Greene explained.