Security & Strategic Review - November 2003

GUYANA: police slated for violence

Central America & Caribbean 24 April 2007 Modified: 24 November 2003 307 views

Members of the Guyanese police are `very aggressive and hostile' and feel entitled to use their firearms `indiscriminately'. With police salaries as low as G$25,000 (US$126) a month, extortion and corruption have become `endemic'. 

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