Operations of police at Bourda Market...
countrywide. Members of the GPF who normally perform clerical and other office duties were relieved from such tasks and detailed to perform “Christmas Patrols.” Therefore, the police had a massive number of human and other resources available then to tackle the situation at the Bourda and Stabroek Market Square during the “Christmas Policing.”
Under the astute leadership of Assistant Commissioner of Police, Simeon McBean the police conceptualised and implemented a series of proactive activities to bring back sanity to the area. The measures include, intelligence-gathering operations, intelligence-led policing, static, roving and high visibility patrols - Boots on the Ground. The Georgetown Mayor and City Council also conducted some amount of ‘ cleaning operations.’ Better late than never. Green shoots are already emerging. They will be fruitful.
I have the greatest confidence in Commander McBean’s policing ability to get things done efficiently and effectively. I know him well. I recruited and trained him at the Felix Austin Police College ‘B’ Division during 1992 when I was the
Commandant of that training institution. He will always remember his, “Interview for Selection” with me. Since then I posited that he was Commissioner’s material. I still hold the same view. However, his fight to get to the apex of Management in the GPF was temporarily abbreviated. In a self-development effort he applied and won a British scholarship. He successfully pursued a Masters of Science in Global Security and Policing in the United Kingdom. For his effort, certain politicians influenced the Police Service Commission to dismiss McBean without giving him the right to be heard. He appealed to the Court which overturned the unlawful dismissal of the Police Service Commission. He was reinstated. He is an island of excellence in a sea of mediocrity.
The operations of the police at Bourda Market and Stabroek Market Square will develop into a real success story. It must be sustained and replicated at other hot spots in the division and other police regional divisions across the country. Yours respectfully,
Clinton Conway
Assistant Commissioner of Police (Retired)