We desperately need more of the good...

assault allegation that obscures the hard work and his gleaming moment under the sun? That would only be right, simply human. Could he be thinking, like the rest of us in this teeming, very criminal metropolis, that his labours and those of others, may not mean much in the overwhelmingly gloomy picture? I would hasten to assure him and his fellow clean brothers and sisters that such is furthest from the truth. For whatever little nuggets could be obtained here and there are wellreceived and well-applauded. The prayer is only for more.

It is very much appreciated that with such a major crime came the usual opportunities for the usual exploitation. That is, keep some of the cash recovered; fiddle around with the evidence collection; deliberately report only a blind alley relative to the getaway vehicle; solicit some funds from the owner of said vehicle to point fingers in another direction or to some palatable rationale; solicit some funds from relatives of the suspects to make the matter go away; and all the other tricks that have not made their way into the public’s consciousness.

Any and all of that could have been tried; perhaps with the usual success and resulting dead ends. In this instance, the team on the job at the Guyana Police Force did not do so. Its members did the right thing. On that, and in the fervent hope for more of the same, this society rests its collective hat, and leans with a deeply indrawn breath. It waits. Selfishly, it wants more.

For his part, Inspector Lowe and his group have to be content with some honest cash, and sharing their big day with those other members of the police family that crashed their party and made a mess of it. The hope is that there is more of the good and less of the bad. Way less.

Yours faithfully, GHK Lall