{"id":5620,"date":"2026-02-16T13:29:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T13:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guyanapoliceforce.gy\/?p=5620"},"modified":"2026-03-09T11:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T11:42:10","slug":"conference-statementannual-officers-conference-11-13-february-2026submitted-by-clifton-hicken-commissioner-of-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guyanapoliceforce.gy\/?p=5620","title":{"rendered":"CONFERENCE STATEMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>ANNUAL OFFICERS\u2019 CONFERENCE \u2013 11\u201313 FEBRUARY 2026<\/strong><br>Submitted by Clifton Hicken<br><strong>Commissioner of Police.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Theme<\/strong> \u201cModern Policing for a Modern Nation: Integrating Technology, Innovation,<br>and Leadership to Strengthen Public Safety and Trust.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Annual Officers\u2019 Conference, held from the 11th to the 13th of February 2026 under the theme<br><strong>\u201cModern Policing for a Modern Nation: Integrating Technology, Innovation, and Leadership to<br>Strengthen Public Safety and Trust,\u201d <\/strong>marked a decisive moment in the continued transformation<br>of the Guyana Police Force. Over two full days of presentations and strategic discussions,<br>operational performance, administrative systems, infrastructure development, crime trends,<br>welfare services, and the Force\u2019s reform agenda were rigorously examined. The Conference<br>concluded on the third day with the Annual Mess Dinner, providing an opportunity for newly<br>appointed officers to formally dine and mark their entry into commissioned service as Junior<br>Officers.<br>The President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, charged the<br>Guyana Police Force to accelerate modernisation and deepen public trust through decisive<br>leadership, technology, and community partnership. The President outlined the following<br>expectations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/guyanapoliceforce.gy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Officer-Conference-Statement-COP-Clifton-Hicken-pdf-version.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Officer Conference Statement -COP Clifton Hicken pdf version.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-b153b21e-236f-44da-b31e-87a686c37970\" href=\"https:\/\/guyanapoliceforce.gy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Officer-Conference-Statement-COP-Clifton-Hicken-pdf-version.pdf\">Officer Conference Statement -COP Clifton Hicken pdf version<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/guyanapoliceforce.gy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Officer-Conference-Statement-COP-Clifton-Hicken-pdf-version.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-b153b21e-236f-44da-b31e-87a686c37970\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANNUAL OFFICERS\u2019 CONFERENCE \u2013 11\u201313 FEBRUARY 2026Submitted by Clifton HickenCommissioner of Police. Theme \u201cModern Policing for a Modern Nation: Integrating Technology, Innovation,and Leadership to Strengthen Public Safety and Trust.\u201d The Annual Officers\u2019 Conference, held from the 11th to the 13th of February 2026 under the theme\u201cModern Policing for a Modern Nation: Integrating Technology, Innovation, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":356,"featured_media":5622,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guyanapoliceforce.gy\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guyanapoliceforce.gy\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guyanapoliceforce.gy\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guyanapoliceforce.gy\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/356"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guyanapoliceforce.gy\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5620"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/guyanapoliceforce.gy\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5629,"href":"https:\/\/guyanapoliceforce.gy\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5620\/revisions\/5629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guyanapoliceforce.gy\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guyanapoliceforce.gy\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guyanapoliceforce.gy\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guyanapoliceforce.gy\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}