[www.inewsguyana.com] – Vice President and Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan and US Ambassador to Guyana, Perry Halloway signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) regarding the operation of a vetted counter-narcotic investigative unit programme.
According to a release from the Ministry, the signing took place on December 9, 2015, where Minister Ramjattan signed on behalf of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) and the Ambassador on behalf of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).
It was noted that the mission of the Vetted Unit Program of the Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States is to train, equip and provide necessary assistance to partner countries so that specialized units in those countries can meet certain mutually-determined standards and can increase capacity in integrity, professionalism, and competence in fighting drug crime.
“This program is intended to ensure better investigations and interdiction, and to prosecute and dismantle high-value targets in narco-trafficking networks,” the release noted.
Members of Guyana’s Law Enforcement sector who will participate in this Vetted Unit Program will have to pass certain background checks, plus tests as to medical and psychological fitness for duty, polygraph testing and random drug testing.
The DEA will be responsible for all expenses for training, whether this be local or international. It was noted that the MOU will remain in force for a period of five years.
The Minister of Public Security also took the opportunity to request assistance from USA concerning a high-powered portable container scanner to survey the contents of containers at various wharves in Georgetown. Mr Bryan Hunt, U.S. Deputy Head of Mission informed that the request is actively being looked into and their experts in USA are presently engaged in identifying costs and maintenance arrangement for such a crime fighting asset.
“What was also good news for the Public Security Minister was the procuring by the US Government of equipment for virtual police training by trainers out of USA through tele-conferencing. The equipment will be stationed at the Police Academy. This has now come to fruition because of provision of higher speed internet services provided by G T & T to the Academy,” the release noted.
There will now be more extensive and intensive training of officers and ranks in Guyana without the expenses of having to bring to Guyana USA Trainers, or having to send to the USA the Guyanese Trainees.
was polygraph bad under the PPP/C but acceptable under AFC/PNC ? Are they using a different polygraph machine ?
USA cannot stop drugs Because they are the ones only use it whenever they try to stop it there is a big shootout in there country how many try and still fail give poor country money to live a good life and good food not war plane ,guns and spy will USA like other spy on them never they will take that
Good, let the clean up begin…
Guyana signs MoU with US to fight drug crime; ranks to undergo background checks, polygraph testing.
The same US have an eye on cack eye Rumjhaat and he aint know it as yet.
The US use you then hang you out to dry when they have no more usage for you.
Rumjhhat as PPP member used to run he mouth at the US embassy daily.