The Guyana Police Force will soon have direct access to the CTV (Close Circuit Television) cameras that have been erected around the city as a crime-fighting measure.Minister of Home AffairsClement RoheeHome Affairs Minister Clement Rohee made this disclosure yesterday,
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Jerseys China Cheap NFL, Rohee said that the Defence Board has approved the establishment of ‘a direct feed’ from the CCTV system to the Headquarters of the Guyana Police Force at Eve Leary.“As an integral member of the Defence Board, the Ministry has constantly supported the view that CCTV cameras in the City be used on a real time `basis to detect and fight crimes”, Rohee said.“In furtherance of this objective,
Wholesale NFL Jerseys, the Defence Board has approved the establishment of a direct feed to the Headquarters of the Guyana Police Force at Eve Leary.“It is the objective of this Ministry to facilitate the Guyana Police Force with additional requirements to ensure that effective crime fighting takes place in service and protection for our people,
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Wholesale Jerseys, Deputy Police Commissioner (Law Enforcement) revealed that the police did not have access to footage from the cameras, and could only access the feed from the cameras upon request.This had prompted APNU Parliamentarian and former Police Commissioner Winston Felix to suggest that police at all stations have access to the footage from the cameras.Felix had also questioned the effectiveness of the cameras, while pointing out that the cameras were apparently failing to record the many robberies that were being committed around the city.Several daylight robberies were committed recently in central Georgetown without any suspects being apprehended.