{"id":1414,"date":"2019-01-07T20:05:47","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T20:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guyanapoliceforce.gy\/?page_id=1414"},"modified":"2019-01-10T17:02:41","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T17:02:41","slug":"overview-of-gpf","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/guyanapoliceforce.gy\/?page_id=1414","title":{"rendered":"Overview of the Guyana Police Force"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column]<h1 class=\"sc_title sc_title_regular sc_align_left\" style=\"text-align:left;\">Overview of the Guyana Police Force<\/h1>[vc_column_text]The Guyana Police Force was established on July 01, 1839. The Force is headed by a Commissioner of Police and is divided into seven (7) policing divisions and a number of branches spanning Guyana. They are: \u2018A\u2019 Division (Georgetown and East Bank Demerara) \u2018B\u2019 Division (Berbice), \u2018C\u2019 Division (East Coast of Demerara), \u2018D\u2019 Division (west Demerara and East Bank Essequibo), \u2018E\u2019 Division (Linden and Kwakani), \u2018F\u2019 Division (Lethem and other Interior Locations) \u2018G\u2019 Division (Essequibo Coast and Islands).<\/p>\n<p>The branches include The Public Relations Office, the Criminal Investigation Department, The Mounted Branch, the Central Immigration and Passport Office, The Police Band, General Office,<a class=\"xlgiqsiysmu\" title=\"Click to Continue &gt; by name\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160313215823\/https:\/\/guyanapoliceforce.gy\/police\/about-us\/overview-of-the-guyana-police-force\/#41196764\">\u00a0<\/a>Finance\u00a0Office, Traffic, Special Branch and the canine unit. Each division and branch is commanded by a divisional or branch commander who reports to the Commissioner of Police.<\/p>\n<p>The objectives of the Force are outlined in Section 3(2) of the Police Act, Chapter 16:01 and are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The preservation of law and order;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The preservation of peace;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The repression of internal disturbances;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The protection of property;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The apprehension of offenders;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The due enforcement of all laws and regulations which it is directly charged; and<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 It shall perform Military duties within Guyana as may be required of it by or under the authority of the Minister.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The prevention and detection of crime;<\/p>\n<p>The Guyana Police Force is currently under going a modernization and reform process in keeping with its strategic plan 2013-2017 under the citizen security program. The strategic plan can be found under the \u201cAbout Us\u201d tab on the forces\u2019 website.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Guyana Police Force was established on July 01, 1839. The Force is headed by a Commissioner of Police and is divided into seven (7) policing divisions and a number of branches spanning Guyana. They are: \u2018A\u2019 Division (Georgetown and East Bank Demerara) \u2018B\u2019 Division (Berbice), \u2018C\u2019 Division (East Coast of Demerara), \u2018D\u2019 Division (west [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1414","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guyanapoliceforce.gy\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guyanapoliceforce.gy\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guyanapoliceforce.gy\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guyanapoliceforce.gy\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guyanapoliceforce.gy\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1414"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/guyanapoliceforce.gy\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3194,"href":"https:\/\/guyanapoliceforce.gy\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1414\/revisions\/3194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guyanapoliceforce.gy\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guyanapoliceforce.gy\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guyanapoliceforce.gy\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}