{"id":21469,"date":"2024-07-27T01:09:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T01:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21469"},"modified":"2024-07-27T01:09:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T01:09:17","slug":"minister-robeson-benn-calls-for-reform-in-guyana-police-forces-attitudes-and-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/minister-robeson-benn-calls-for-reform-in-guyana-police-forces-attitudes-and-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Robeson Benn Calls for Reform in Guyana Police Force\u2019s Attitudes and Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Saskia Warrick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn has called for significant changes within the Guyana Police Force to rebuild public trust and ensure respect and empathy towards the community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to officers, Minister Benn acknowledged the Force&#8217;s successes in reducing crime but emphasized that further improvement is necessary in how officers interact with the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Benn stressed that officers&#8217; conduct directly affects his reputation as the subject Minister, and he called for a shift in attitudes to match the standards expected of law enforcement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted that the professional appearance of officers, including their uniforms, should align with their behavior and the values of the police force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his address, Benn also focused on the treatment of female ranks within the Force, stressing the need for respect and fairness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He proposed the establishment of a Police Inspectorate to monitor and maintain high standards within the Force, ensuring that both policing quality and administrative practices meet the required benchmarks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn has called for significant changes within the Guyana Police Force to rebuild public trust and ensure respect and empathy towards the community.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21469"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21471,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21469\/revisions\/21471"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}