The Guyana Police Force is experiencing a serious crisis characterized by systemic corruption, lack of accountability, and constitutional violations, where police officers allegedly engage in criminal activities including extortion, brutality, and theft without facing proper disciplinary action. The crisis stems from a failure to enforce constitutional removal processes (Article 214 of the Guyana Constitution), which require the Police Service Commission to trigger investigations and the President to establish tribunals for senior officers. Despite numerous documented incidents—including a senior superintendent sanctioned by the US government for drug trafficking, officers extorting citizens, and multiple deaths in police custody—no meaningful disciplinary action has been taken. This creates a situation where police officers are perceived to be above the law, undermining public trust and the rule of law. The fundamental issue is that constitutional mechanisms for police accountability are not being followed, allowing corruption to persist unchecked.
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But let me move on. Let me move on to this matter. As I said, evidence of crisis in the Ghana Police Force.
Lots and lots of evidence. What am I talking about? We learned last some time ago there last week or before the last this big spot with the um deputy commissioner well by now we know it's Karim Bash because based on the statement he made and all of that he was the person who called but he tried to justify his intervention call um during the course of this operation and let let me y'all y'all sit back on note because I I you know on social media a lot of people come in and they're saying all kind of thing they're speaking about thing that they don't know about right and they talk about all kind of thing on the social media when when um when you look at the comments people know so y'all sit back right as I've said before repeatedly let me bring put in this disclaimer we are not lawyers we are retired senior police officers well-trained senior police officers and therefore we have the experience and the authority to speak on issues like this We al we're also both of us were members of the police service commission. I was the chairman CC was a member of that commission. So we know what we talking about. We know. So they're talk. Let me play first of all this um the the the thing with what well I going to go back to the incident where the rank who claimed to be a police and the phone to the anti-rime people and then the voice.
We we know that we might see a part of it um in this tape as well. But let me um let me see. Let me hold on. Let me let me try to find it. Let me find let let me let me try to find it. Don't tell me this is not here. Hold on. Hold on.
It looks as though that thing is not up here at the moment. So, let me ask CC.
Well, let me let me um let me say this.
I'm going to go through some other stuff and um I don't know how I did not um load up this um thing. I don't know. So, let me let me check because I really want to start with you seeing this interview that the commissioner um commissioner was at an interview and it's uh Royston Drake's production where some statements were made right by the commissioner and apparently the statement made by the commissioner caused a reaction from the deputy commissioner. Y'all there with me? I can find it. I really don't want to start this thing without um giving you all the the the the the context in which this thing is made. Right. I don't want to start it without giving you all the context. But somehow it is not loaded.
So y'all bear with me. Let me try to load it. It going to take a few It should take what a minute or so. If so long I'm going to load it and I want to play it for y'all to hear what um transpired. I don't know how I I did not play the thing. I might have deleted it as well. I might have deleted it. But let me All right, let me bring in CC. CC got a um say and I'm going to try to find this um this tape. Let me look once more to see if it is loaded. I'm going to try to find it and play it. I don't know how that happened. Um but you know these things these things do happen in the best regulated family. These things do happen. I don't think it is here. So Cece, let me bring you in to take over.
Let me try and find this thing, man. Go ahead. Go ahead. Let me bring you. Go ahead.
>> All right. I I'll give you enough time to find it.
And let me put things in proper context.
You know, where discipline or investigations of acts of misconduct or criminal acts by members of the force and the investigation.
I want to make it clear that if it is a allegation of a criminal offense, anybody could investigate, a conible could investigate a deputy commissioner as the case may be if it's criminal.
But the the protocol is or or the the what has been going on is that when you're doing investigation, you don't allow a junior man to investigate a senior person criminally.
We we we don't allow it. It's a matter of practice. It's not a matter of law but a matter of practice that you don't allow a junior person to investigate as in this case either you have in Karen Bash you have a the head of the OPR I don't know if if he's investigating but the next man in line is a assistant superintendent on probation. So you like to have an assistant superintendent on probation calling a deputy commissioner and say come to my office. I have a matter I'm investigating or a superintendent calling a deputy commissioner and say come and let me investigate this matter. It's a matter of practice. I mean they can do it but the principle is that hey you don't you you don't do that. And under the police discipline act, if you're going to investigate that for acts of in discipline, well then the act is clear that every alleged commission over breach of discipline shall be investigating as soon as practicable by a member of the force not below the rank of a sergeant and of a higher rank than the rank who is alleged to have committed offense. So in the police act, you're dealing with discipline.
it's sergeant upwards or a higher rank than the rank who is alleged to have committed the offense. As I mentioned, the protocol is well established that if you're going to if a senior person going to investigate where there's a criminal a criminal matter that you don't allow junior but there's nothing in law to tell you well it's not a matter of law it's a matter of practice.
Good. Here we go. Now, if you have the deputy commissioner of police and you investigate under the police discipline act for acts of misbehavior, there's a thing that you got that will trigger the police the the not the police, the article 214.
I'm going to read it of the police of the constitution of Guyana talking about investigation 214 saying the provision of article 225 which relates to the removal from office shall in the office of the commission of police the prescribed authority for the purpose of par 4 of that article shall be shall be the prime minister or the chairman of the police service commission for the purpose of par 4 of what shall be the police service commission par six sorry and par six in this article reference to be to the office of deputy commissioner of police are reference to the office however style the rack next to next in senior to the police source after the office of commission of police providing that there be more than one office of deputy commissioner of police and that if there are more than one such office the holder therefore shall rank among themsel according to the dates of their respective employment. So what this constitution is saying that if it is the commissioner of police, it is the prime minister who will have to initiate action and for a deputy commissioner it is the police service commission and what they have to do they have to write the person to show cause why they should not report to the president that this rank be suspended with a view of being removed from office. Now the thing say that the the police service commission in Kum Bash case has got to trigger the president and the president will have to deal with the judicial service commission and ask them or direct them to form a tribunal consisted of one of a judge or somebody who was appointed a judge or or somebody who will somebody who will has the qualifications to become a judge. So you have a chairman of the thing there and not less than two other persons who would form a tribunal and that tribunal will meet and recommend to the president whether or not that officer should be removed from office.
They sit and if they recommend that the person be removed from office sure the president will remove that person. If during the course and during the course of this tribunal meeting the president can suspend that person pending the outcome of the matter. So we saying for the investigation to be done, you have to get a tribunal headed by a judge or a former judge or somebody who is qualified to be a judge who had operated in in in the Commonwealth and two and not less than two other person who would form the tribunal and the tribunal will report to the person will submit their reports on the facts recommending whether or not that person should be removed from office. Paul, I see you are coming on just now.
>> Yes, thank you. Thank you for that. But you know, before I go into it, I found the um tape that I wanted to use at an introduction. Let me tell you what going on. Listen to what Bob Marley has to say. Y'all share the live. Share the air. Here at least here the force part here.
See them fighting for power.
>> But they know not the hour.
>> That's it. They're fighting for power and they know not the hour. So says brother Bob. So says brother Bob. See them fighting for power and they know not the hour. And I saying all this is evidence. All this is evidence of the crisis in the Ghana police force. All this is evidence. Let me let me play the tape that I was looking for and then we're going to move from there. Listen to this.
>> Commissioner of police Clifton Hickin has ordered the Ghana Police Force's Office of Professional Responsibility to launch a thorough investigation into an anti-rime operation that sparked controversy after allegations surfaced involving Deputy Commissioner of Police Fazal Carbash. The incident reportedly occurred on May 3rd and involved a senior officer, a police corporal, and a police conible. The probe follows the circulation of a social media video showing a police corporal conducting an anti-rime exercise during which he stopped a heavily tinted vehicle being driven by a woman. According to reports, after the vehicle was stopped, the officer was handed a cell phone. A voice on the line identified as Deputy Commissioner Karen Bash allegedly instructed the officer that his focus should be on crime and not traffic related matters. Hickin made the comment during the police roundup program with Marcy Hope. Marci, the office of professional responsibility has been directed to conduct our investigation into this matter, ensuring that the entirety of this interaction from the initial stop to its conclusion is examined and the police force remain committed to accountability.
>> Commissioner Akin said senior officers may intervene in any anti-rime operations, but any intervention must be based on situational awareness and follow established SOPs and standard force orders. This intervention is cons is concerning because it appears to have been made without verification and outside the chain of command as anti-rime officers fall under the deputy commission operation Mr. Not everybody knows him. While traffic ranks are primarily responsible for stopping vehicles under the moto vehicle and road traffic act, anti-rime ranks are also lawfully empowered to stop s and source those vehicles during proactive and intelligenceled operation to stop search and detain. These powers are granted are grounded in the criminal offenses act and the summary juris jurisdiction act.
Hickin also stated that the video posted on social media confirmed that the police officer involved in the incident was acting lawfully during the operation.
>> The police force has mandated the use of body warning cameras as part of the commitment to transparency, accountability, and evidence-based policing.
These devices provide objective real time evidential support for capturing interaction from start to finish, supporting supervision, investigation and decision making. based on facts rather than assumptions. In this instance, the footage posted on the media confirmed that the rank was acting lawfully. The investigation into the matter is ongoing.
Now, you already wanted to get that in because even in that little statement there um that the commissioner made, the man is contradicting himself because he not so long ago, well, he started at Christmas and they reinforce it. You must stay in your lane. You must stay in your lane. If you are a traffic rank, do traffic work only. If you are a general duty rank, general that is what he said.
It's on record. So now to come and say that they can and the man is contradicting himself and causing more confusion in the in the police force as we have said repeatedly any rank any rank right police for man has the power to stop search and detain know um special rank to traffic rank a special a special power to traffic a special power to general duty and all the type of crap what the commissioner is trying to say if it is as we said they got to exercise their authority and that the law provides them in a responsible manner.
If it is that they doing it irresponsibly then there is a protocol the what we call the police discipline act to take action against them but not to try to take away the powers from the rank. So he said so all right having had that when that was aired that OPR investigating listen follow me closely I did some thinking about this thing and I made some note he said OPR investigated but before I go to the investigation let us let me read for you what um the that same Roy Driggs there did a a post about the response he had some interview with Karim Bash and this is what he says here this is yesterday the 14th deputy commissioner of police faizel or fasil karimbash has argued that the office of professional responsibility lacks the authority to investigate him because his as his appointment is constitutional amid controversy surrounding a police anti-rime operation that was captured on video and circulated on social media speaking during a telephone interview with this newscast said police commissioner cliffin could not have lawfully directed the OPR to investigate the May 3rd operation which involved the deputy commissioner, a a police corporal and a police conible.
Karim maintained that the OPR is mandated to investigate misconduct among junior police ranks specifically for for the level especially from the level of sergeant downwards. The probe follows the circulation of a social media video showing a police carpal conducting an anti-rime exercise during which he stopped a heavily tinted vehicle being driven by a woman. According to reports, after the vehicle was stopped, the officer was handed a cellular phone. A voice on the line identified as Deputy Commissioner Karim Bash allegedly instructed the officer. Well, no.
Allegedly, I ran, y'all must be careful.
I know yall trying to play safe. We are the voice and alert of the voice instructed. We all are the instructed instructed the officer to focus on crime rather than traffic related matters.
May the comment police run up program with Marcia Oak. He said that a senior officer of the in the Guyana police force um he asked the authority to intervene in any action taken by a junior ranks that breaches administrative policy instructions or standard operation procedures SOPs.
According to the deputy commissioner in this case there was an administrative instruction issued by the commissioner himself that crime ranks should not be involved in enforcing traffic laws.
Karimbash however said that both he and the junior officer involved in the incident filed reports with OPR which subsequently triggered the investigation. Ikin also stated that the video circulated on social media confirmed that the police officers involved in the incident or the police officer involved in the incident was acting lawfully during the operation.
You see contradiction after contradiction, contradiction after contradiction. He comes here to say that um he anti- rank he said anti-rime rank should not be involved in this thing. We saw that on the tape but then he said the ranks were acting um the rank was acting lawfully and all of that. Now let me let me move into it in more detail.
Let me go into it in more detail. Karim Bash is saying first of all first of all he said that is because he said they can't investigate him because his author his appointment is a constit is constitutional Mr. Karim Bash deputy commissioner all the appointments are um constitutional from corporal right up to commissioner all are constitutional because the constitution says the commissioner can appoint from lance corporal up to sergeant so it's constitutional once the appointment is made and it says the police service commission can appoint from inspector to assistant commissioner it is constitutional therefore and the president having gone through a certain process can appoint deputy commissioner and commissioner. So when you say uh because you appointment is constitutional. All of the appointments including well let me say this the ones that are not um constitutional are the ones that the president got up in July last year suddenly get a brain wave and they went to the police officers mess which resulted in 2,800 and something promotion. That is unconstitutional cuz there's no way in any constitution or at the constitution of Guyana where you can find that the comm the president has the powers to promote or order anyone to be promoted. So that is unconstitutional that not the promotion promotions that are made by the commissioner um from lance corporal to sergeant by this police service commission having gone through the process from from inspector to assistant commissioner.
They're all constitutional appointments.
The unconstitutional appointment would have been the ones and you remember let me remind you Mr. Karim Bash because when senior when officers were promoted during the absence when the life of the police commission had come to an end is in the administration say that the commission had made the commission had made the appointments since January or or February last year. when you promotions were made around February just around the time of the uh officers conference and people were named the the list was um was put out and those names that later come weren't there but I tell people oh the commission had made those since before they expired lies lies so like when these things come so I can analyze and bring it to the attention of the students analyze yeah share share because I going to this thing more. I I go into it more. Let me tell you all further com he said he cannot be investigated and you looking at the comments on social media. People saying well if he can't be investigated then he's above the law.
OPR can investigate the the deputy commissioner. Let me understand this thing clearly. OPR can investigate. It depends on what they are investigating and that is that wasn't made clear by the commissioner. He said they investigating. What are they investigating? And I say here I make a note right. I I made a note. What are they investigating? Is it a case they are investigating a misconduct in public office? Is it a case that they are investigating perverting the course of justice? We know. We assume that it's a disciplined investigation. And if it is a disciplinary investigation then yes they cannot investigate. But OPR the office of professional responsibility is a section in the police force um man by policemen and they all have the powers to investigate all investigate crimes in particular crimes. crimes. They can investigate crime and if the if the if the commissioner deems that the action amounted to a misconduct in public office what we on the tape there and they can investigate if it amounts to the parting the course of justice because the men don't say send them away potting the course of justice right can be that they're investigating and then they would have the full legal authority to so do but you see come with all of these statements. Oh my god. And then as CC pointed out earlier, if it is um a disciplinary matter, then they can't investigate. Even the commissioner can't investigate because if we go back to article 211 of the constitution which deals with the appointment the appointments of commission and deputy commissioner it is clear that the commissioner of police and deputy commissioners of police are appointed by the president after meaningful consultation with the leader of the opposition. The president also has to consult with the chairman of the police service commission who has to force consult with the other members of the commission. That is the constitution article 211. Y'all go and read it. Y'all go and read it. And the sad thing when you have senior senior police officers at the level of a commission of police and the level of a deputy coming to police come out and talk all that Baldadash. I tell you the police force is in crisis. Right. The police force is in crisis. Right? So let me understand it. So the the appointments are made under article 21. When it comes to removal from office, the same thing tell you that for the for the case of the commissioner and they tell you he can be removed for being unable to perform his duty or for misconduct in office. And then they spell out the process. It says article 225 and it tells us for the purpose of the commissioner if you want to take action against the commissioner then the person to trigger that is the prime minister lying Mark Phillips and is that the individual as prime minister is the office of prime minister has to trigger that mechanism to remove the commissioner um improve the discipline for deputy commissioners for that process to be triggered is the police service commission to trigger that process and CC pointed it out to you what happens I go through it again about the judic involvement of the judicial service commission involvement of the tribunal and all of that we know that well because part of argument when the um the same president decided to suspend members of the police office commission that I chaired when he decided to do that we that's one of the grounds we made because the article 225 is clear, crystal clear. It has to go through a process. You have to have the referral which the prime minister did. But then once you went that when once you went that route and that is the only route that's the only legal route then the the the the police the the um judicial service commission has to make certain recommendation for the president and based on the recommendation we name then the president um put together a tribunal to inquire into this thing. At the time when they said suspending us there was no judicial service commission. I remember the judge when he finally ruled in our favor made the point that the fact that there was no judicial service commission was the president's burden to bear to argue well there's no um judicial service commission and then they talk about necessity said no the fact that there was no police service commission for you to comply with article 225 of the constitution is your burden to bear is you got to appoint them right so you can on the one hand not appoint them and then when the matter gets say, "Well, there's no service commission. There's no judicial service commission." So, again, I say it all depends. That has not been made clear. We we assume that um and assuming is a um a bad thing to do. I remember um it was Kenneth Denny I think it was the trade journalist came to do lecture to us at the junior officer course in 1980 and he tell the word s u m e assume he said if you take out the a right you get h you say assume you take out the ass you get you take out the next one you get me so you're making an ass out of you or me something like that some of y'all might have known might know it so we assume a lot of people assume that Hey, it has to do with some discipline. Not necessarily because one can argue and one can pursue the part that Karim Bash in that interaction perverted the course of justice with the criminal affairs and anybody can investigate that including the last joint conible. They can also argue that his conduct amounted to a misconduct in public office and anybody can investigate that. So don't you jump out and make big noise and he he appointed by the um he's a constitutional appointment and all other crap that has come under the start all type of nonsense. So again I I I get something more note to speak on bringing CC just now the the point I am making the point I am making is that the confusing thing and the one of the reasons why I decided that look let me come and explain this thing because when you look at the comments on social media a lot of people a lot of the comments are misguided people don't understand how the system works they don't understand how the system works right so again let let me deal with it logic ically if you're saying a crime is committed and um because you're a deputy commissioner because you're a commissioner then it puts you above the law it means therefore that it can can do whatever you want to do and nobody can um can commit any crime and nobody can investigate him which is not so which is not so you can't investigate under the police discipline act chapter 17 colon which says section 53 that um Any allegation of breach of discipline must be investigated by a person not less not less a rank than a sergeant and in any event the person who is the investigating officer must be of a higher rank than the person who is alleged to have committed the offense.
Right? So it simply means that if you're a deputy commissioner you have far under because there is nobody to who going to investigate who is senior to deputy commissioner the commissioner. So even if let's put it let let's carry it even uh further. Even if you say all right the commissioner is senior to um the commissioner is senior to a deputy commissioner so he can investigate who can try the case who can present and who can try the case. We had a similar incident some years ago when Rohi was minister of home affairs and Ramarin David Ramarin was an assistant commissioner and Bromel was the commissioner. Rohi was going after Rammanai viciously because Ramnarine it was around 2011 2012 Ramnolite had exposed certain things that they didn't give them money and so on and Rohi decided that Rari must get trouble right I I remember I saw those things where at the time they had no deputy commissioner none right and the the um roi wanted him to be disciplined and brail quietly wrote to say well look we can't be disciplined in the current uh situation because there's no deputy commissioner, right? There's no deputy commissioner.
And then later on when deputy commissioners were appointed, Roy right again said, "Now that we get deputy commissioner, take action against him."
And again, he had to be reminded that the commissioner, police can't take action against the assistant commissioner. That has to be the word that is the duty of the police service commission. So I I I say these things and give you these examples to for you to understand what is going on for you to be wiser on what is going on. Let me move on though as they investigating right now I go on to say he said he can say you know that the two anti-rime ranks were acting lawfully. He said well he said he can also stated that the video circulating on social media confirmed that the police officers involved in the incident they said the police officer sorry involved in the incident was acting lawfully during the operation. So what are you investigating? What has the again the commissioner said that the brank there who we um saw on the tape was acting lawfully during the operation.
So who then you're investigating if he acted lawfully is karim bash investigating but what are you investigating him for? And bear in mind up to now we hear what happened to this console with this heavily tinted vehicle and who did not have a driver's license and who had um of what they call obscure number pit you know you hear nothing but that we are not hearing anything about that so let me understand right um now let me let me bring in CC at this point and then I'm going to move to give you examples of this crisis that we're talking about right let me bring in CC go ahead and tackling more man. I really want to tell them about the evidence about the crisis. Go ahead.
>> All right. I just want to make it simple and put it in proper context. From the beginning, all members of the force took an oath of office.
Section 131. We all took an oath of office. The commissioner took an office before the president.
and every other in officer, inspector, con officer before an assistant commissioner.
And the oath of office is what is must be embedded in your mind.
2nd April 1973, I took an oath in office and they hammer on to me while in training and it stick with me. I can't repeat it. Let me tell you who I say without looking at anything. I, Clinton Conway, do swear that I will well and truly serve the state of Guyana in the office of conible and in such an office in the police force as I may at any time here after be appointed to without favor or affection, malice or ill will, and that I will cause the public peace to be kept and preserved by preventing to the utmost of my power all offenses against the same. And that while I continue to hold any office in the force, I will obey all orders of the persons placing authority over me. Subject myself to all acts and regulation written in the force. And I will to the best of my skill and knowledge discharge all the duties of my office faithfully according to Allah. So help me God. And that is the oath and that oath covers 83,000 square miles. Not 83 square miles, you know, 83,000 square miles.
the of office and it t that you will obey all orders of person placed in authority to do you subject yourself and this is important subject yourself to all acts and regulations relating to the force you can quoted some acts that doesn't exist because you quoting act you got to be specific just like I said police act chapter 16 col01 he quotes some acts that doesn't exist and I want to tell him to read certain sections of the police act and things like section 14 about rights powers etc of members of the force then talk about your general powers of arrest I won't read the powers to arrest without warrant powers to stop search and detain aircraft vessels and persons and person circumstances is powers of memory force in command of police boats and they talk about setting up road barriers. So there are powers in this police dispin act and not the commissioner will give you that they talk about every member of the force or any member of the force there that's what they talk about any member of the force or every member of the force it say on instructions of akin or instructions of the commissioner the law is there you took the oath it covers 83,000 square miles and they tell you exactly in terms of that you you you got to obey the law. Yeah. And you got to subject yourself to all acts and regulations relating to the force and attack all all these kind of things. You have general powers of arrest, powers to stop, search and detain. Yeah. Powers to set up road barriers. They're all in the police act chapter 16 colon 01.
And getting back to the investigation, if you're going to investigate Karim Bash or or anybody you're going to investigate, but if it's for Karen Bash where the service commission has got to write him and tell him he must show cause why they should not report to the president for him to be suspended and for an inquiry to be conducted. you must so cause and we call it the right to be heard and the right to be heard I said over and over again it started in Genesis it started in the beginning in the Bible started the beginning when Adam and Eve let's have committed self the Lord who was policing them and God was the first police officer whether you like it or not he knew what took place And he didn't he didn't he didn't just pass sentence on them. He asked them what play out before he passed sentence and because he realized that they had picked and ate the forbidden fruit of the poisonous tree. He knew that but he asked him. And the same thing when you're doing the when you're doing the investigation, you got to hear the other side of the story. You got to ask the person in in this case if you're dealing with Karam Rush, you got ask to show cause why he should not be suspended and why the matter should not be reported to the president for action to be taken against him. That is how the thing should be and the bottom line is that you got to hear the other side of the story before your pass judgment. So the process is I repeating me the processes is the police service commission has got to trigger the action for the president to take action and for the president to contact the judicial service commission and for them to set up a tribunal which will investigate the matter and submit their recommendation to the president and the president will act on it one way or the other. That in that in simple terms is what ought to happen.
>> No. Right. Now, well said. Now, let me let me move on. As I said, we presenting evidence to you this afternoon to show the crisis in the police force. You know, as Bob Marley said, they're fighting for power, but they know not the hour. So, that's what going on is a power fight. You know, power fight because a lot of people I'm going to tell you believe that should gone should have gone his way. He passed retirement age. He's there holding them back and therefore they they they can't come out and say so given how vicious the system is but they they they they don't um respect him. Commissioner counted a statement on the deputy commissioner count and said the commissioner lie.
That is basically what they said the commissioner lie. He didn't order any investigation. Karim Bash is saying let me repeat here according to Roy and Drake Karim Bash is saying he and the junior officers involved in the incident filed reports with the OPR which subsequently triggered the investigation. So basically saying this statement made by akin that he has ordered the OPR to investigate he's saying is lie that is why he's saying he's lie right let me move on evidence of um crisis in the police force you remember a man named well the same commissioner $8.5 million he took from a businessman Amir Ramad that is not an allegation that is what he wrote in his statement that he took $8.5 million in his office he say in one envelope may I know there's a big meas envelope $8.5 million Ghana dollars and he said was to finance the wedding of Calvin Brutus that is a statement he made you want to tell me that it's not a crisis issue but the commission of police can admit to taking 8.5 say what um it's what reprehensible reprehensible but he got promoted y'all remember Calvin Brutus the assistant commission charge of administration and these things that I'm telling you is just within the past couple years you know since Ikin sit down there I I'm not going to go further back since I has been sitting as the man in charge so you get brutas 2 and something criminal charges before the court 262 or something like that criminal charges in front of the court this the the de facto second in command of the police force Y'all remember that one of the charges they accused him of thiefing some 60 million Ghana dollars. 60 million. And the information it is alleged that this $60 million was set to be money to repair the police consumers co-op on Rob Street. The manager of the police consumer court, this is party allegation that they sent was instructed to write a check for $60 million to encash the check and to take the money and and the money to Brutus. It is further alleged that having done that, having written the check, having changed the check, she took the money to um Brutus. At the time, Brutus was in the commissioner's office. The money was handed over to Brutus in the presence of the commissioner. That is the allegation.
That is what they charge you for. That is what they charge you for. You want to tell me that is not crisis? That is that crisis? In the same brutous matter, he's charged with misconduct or something that in relation to several checks that were drawn on the police um central welfare fund. the the man who was in charge of the finance office of superintendent pad write this check from the fund and give it to Brutus right and then the charge we kind of said that was improper the check should not have been drawn from the police central welfare fund for for to pay Brutus for allegedly for services um rendered again I made the point how come the man who had the finance office how come no action was taken against him well he in charge of finance he had know that he can't draw a check for the police central welfare fund for pay brutus. The woman in charge of the police consumers ra she had know that she can um c in cash check as was instructed and k the money and give the money to to brutas them know that and those people are still in position you know still in the same positions and a matter of fact if my information is correct they both have been promoted since crisis in the Ghana police force let me tell y'all more y'all remember the discovery of the 4.4 4 tons of cocaine in the in region one the discovery of 4.4 four ton of cocaine and and this is not what I am saying what happened. It is said that at the time of the operation the GDF special forces, the customs anti-narcotics unit um and the DEA from the America were involved right in this operations. Not a single police including the commissioner of police.
Not a single police. They didn't have enough confidence to tell the commission of police about this operation before.
They didn't even tell the commander before is while the operation when they uncover the cocaine. Then they bring the um the they send for the commander and why you believe that was done like that they get confidence in them or perhaps they're no more. That is why because it is said that this operation was a US-led operation. They do the monitoring and the cocaine and all this everything and then they decide for thing. Even when the cocaine was unared and Robson shoot and scoot Ben the minister of affairs tooken people into the location flew them into the journalist and so yank a single police Yankai the man in charge of operations. Yank the commissioner Yankee the um deputy commissioner Lman not a single police was taken in why because of the crisis in the uh police force because of the crisis and I saw uh later the the the um mnata who as a well I don't know a result of that senior police officer in charge of regional police division one at the time when this cocaine was found removed from there the man is sanctioned by the government as a drug trafficker. Let me repeat that.
You have a senior police officer, senior superintendent, sir sanctioned by the US government for trafficking in narcotics and you want to tell me there ain't got no crisis in the police force. You you you honestly want to tell me that there ain't no crisis in the police force, right? Let me go further. Let me tell you some uh further you had the issue is issue inuing region one police rank with AK-47 licking shot around the place. What does that matter?
That's OPR investigating. Have we heard anything further about that investigation?
Have we ordered anything further about that investigation? Let me tell let me go. Um they get allegations too or at least an allegation of a big fraud in region one big fraud in region one they they sent in ranks from Soo to investigate when the ranks touch touched down they were told as you were excuse me they were told to return without um conducting the investigation that is region one you had the the same commander of region one Krishna at Ramana arresting a lawyer Tama Clark who is now our magistrate because she advised our client I either not to sign or not to give a statement to the police she was arrested the lady sue the court found the police liable the state liable and awarded damages and so on what happened the maga promotion man the mag you would tell me they got a crisis in the police force let me give you more evidence of this crisis that I'm talking about right they um you get in the same division remember division one edited by Christian that Ramana right we had an allegation that a police carpal pad was involved in a um a relationship with a 15year-old underage female what happened what happened with her nothing happen they cover it up they cover the Nothing happened to the matter. Obama is still out there for all I know he must get promotion then right let me tell you more the other same allegation we still live on region one where it was alleged that the commander had an inappropriate relationship with a junior rank the type of relationship that the minister of affairs said when we were looking at that allegation the training school is against the sexual offenses sexual offenses act because of the power disparity minister of affairs is on record of saying that what has happened the women the the the the it is alleged that the wife intervened the rank was transferred to some place that wasn't suitable for women and then the rank decide that she can come to town or go somewhere and make a complaint she was taken off a plane that is the allegation did they investigate that she was taken off the plane there why she come and and invest and um make a report but the woman use some other means and got it to what happened to that matter you one would tell me that they not got crisis in the police force. Right. Let me tell you some more. I'm going to bring in CC just now. I got I got two tapes to show, but one of them the tape I got to show get little gunshot. So, I don't know if it's going to violate um YouTube community uh protocol and so on. So, I ain't going to show it to you yet. I'm going to show you later. Right. I ain't showing you yet. I'mma show you later.
You got the um come you got region two.
region two where recently a man alleging that the police take away money 800,000 Ghana dollars I could show that one listen to this listen to what Listen to this man y'all y'all share the live share the life I'll be talking about crisis evidence of crisis in the Ghana police force listen to what this man has to say but I got all think about it but we stop at this school they call hill.
Suddenly we see a boat pull up. They claim they are the police. They clear they are the police. You understand? And they come instead of they do anything and ask me why I declared nothing. They said they want to see my bag. They check my bag.
They see the X amount of money inside.
They see the gold inside. You understand? When they see that, the first thing they not check nothing else.
They check nothing else. They said you got to go into the boot and I had auntie with me because she's sick. You understand? bring she across this idea because she sick check a doctor maybe now I ask them what's the problem when we really got in this boat when we got in here they said about no workers in a damn amount of money and damn amount of gold on them so I asked them I said man if a worker in this place in Guyana use a national you use a use a use a dies you can't you work with your money where you tell me if me get1 million or $10 million he left half back down and walk it off because I can't understand that.
So anyway, they said jump in that is from 1:30 till go down the carry back down till ab big gun running all over me running behind somebody. Yeah. Call back. I said man this lady not feeling good. This lady still sick. You understand? Anyway, that's all right. We could be deal with the station. We call the station then even ask for identification card. They ask me nothing. They take a statement.
They take nothing from me. All what they want is the money. Why you got? They want $1 million from me. I tell them, man, this is over two. This too much money. Homie go give you a million dollar man. It's too much money for me and this is this is legal working money for you. Understand? Yes. They say well come to I said man the only thing you could give because three of you. I said if I want these months plus auntie I got get you to hospital what the case may be man up on me tell me how me supposed to tell them thing this and all kind of thing I said all right I said what is the problem when you get in charge for because if you want if you want to know the truth of the story watch the gold is right here he run and he bring a scale a gold scale he where the gold the gold was 2 oz 2 oz and something he said what like I got left me job because the job that I doing right about now ain't paying because go the people working in the back get more money because I got 3,700,000 and 200 and something go for all right fine I said all you got to do you do your thing if you want left you work you left you work I said but God gave me this and I thank God for it because I didn't teach it I get it honestly He walking thing say what now I want to take um a picture video or something like that me first me check nothing you understand he said I get video first before he take the video he said well the money got pass 300 $100 I don't want that man 800,000 Yeah, please come to me for 800,000 because I know work never come in this position I just coming home you understand because the first time me and first time with too much money you understand yeah 800,000 I said well um here now I give it 800,000 and we were done statement or something for sign or whatever the case mean nothing you don't take no statement or nothing from me when I go give you money you scram money for me take me money because the money 500,000 slap you take a 500,000 I said man wait do me police in the business I say all right police in the business you do he take out another 500,000 on it and he start count 500,000 and he say no listen what the police will tell you and you say what the police will What the police tell you? You understand?
The police say no. The police say no.
The police for the police taking money for no wrong is wrong. But problem tell me one thing. I say all right officer do what you say. And I do he put me in a corner stand up and I do exactly what he said. When you done in the first place before that me auntie went in the room with me the same room because she's the witness. You understand? She went in the same room when they come in got one of them out of all of them. He still had the heart. He said he said he said this lady in here this lady sick. I see this lady sick. You understand? And when when he said another one the man had plenty up. He said he something for charity police station and he got a big gun.
Why? He say he responsible for this for the police station. I said do nothing.
Why you really want me money for you understand? They put out the lady. They put you out. Yeah. After tell me I give them the the um $100,000 man. They don't want to hear that. They want,000. So they put you to Chicago. That the one want me to he had he push out and go outside anyway where they come and count your money they bring a gold skill check the gold and everything you understand plus he want me go to hard me work for this thing and plus me coming for a lot you understand the first time me get so much money that I could do something for self you understand me like what the goal is right there. I have the gold. I didn't touch a penny on it because I really want me slot. You understand? And whole lot in this time here is very very dear.
So there's way I want to go honest with the thing and that was it. When he said he said well young man everything is good you could go now. Even with the speed let me hot in the station. Yeah it is truth meanidentify anyone. Yeah, I know all three of them.
>> You know them?
>> All three. See, I know them. Yeah, all three.
>> All three.
>> Well, I don't really know because the first time I went in, but I know them.
If the if me and I identify one or two, they got to identify the other one. They got to bring the other one because I knew it. I knew them. Yeah, he got one.
But he got plenty huge pushing all this for getting money because they check to see. Well, hey, you know what? Let me see your ID card. Let me see this case.
He just looking for the money. The money you want $1 million. You take a million poor man like me to decide to walk with you. You take a money from me.
It may have this part work together. You see the money. It's not just something that I get from the work man. Get out your water. It's not something easy.
you know something easy and I do it because I because I got a family got children I got to get somewhere put them one of these I can't just live in a renting house all the time even make sense living rent because the amount of money I got spend in a rent house you understand because $45,000 I pay for a month and you check for the year much much money so that why I think I forget my own house you understand do business I want to do fair because me a man I tell you me the best but I will tell the truth because me A man I I trust in one God and that is the word I tell them when I walk the station I said God make a way for me you understand yeah make a way for me and never tell nobody nothing but happen so this man called me and tell me I said go like that you understand because I go down to the you understand if you understand because right >> yeah you right because when they do you find you mockery you said it's against the All right, fine. If I had to pay a fine for the mercy, I could have paid a fine for the mockery. The mercury is right there. I had the mockery and everything like that. Everything you find illegal. You say is illegal illegal in this country. But I want to ask you a question. If this country, you understand? And if you're working for gold, how you going to find gold out of the mud? How you get it out of the sun?
Yeah. But you don't use in in in in running water. Just dig a hole in the ground and then you use it. You understand? So I don't know why money for I don't know me I stud about it all time because 800,000 is plenty money for for for a poor man like me to whose >> you work hard for your money and I don't think that is right >> yeah lie down tell me come home tell me wife I tell everybody me auntie when they walk to the station the partner was right there master what you doing in the Yeah.
>> So you were the only person that they took money.
>> No, I was not.
>> How many of y'all?
>> It was about seven or eight in the station. And then the rest of them, the Brazilian Brazil with with a real big amount of gold. You understand? And they put them in a different room. And me the only one in a different room for you for yourself. You got to play this thing so yall could hear. I don't want to be able to um relate it. Listen to yourself.
Downright criminal conduct allegation.
Allegation mind you allegation of downright criminal conduct by members of the Ghana police force. I tell you the police the force is not in crisis. And let me say this let me say this allegations are going to be made right.
Allegations is are going to be made right. But you know what they're going to tell us? OPRI will investigate and nothing more. You're not going to hear nothing more. I don't even know if they well if a report was made to them. This thing circulating. They wanted to tell me they'll see this and decide whether an official report was made or not to try to contact this man and make sure they investigate this matter properly.
The man said he can identify the people and he's claiming a charity police station. How many police there at charity? These investigations ought not to be difficult. So I'm telling you again more evidence of crisis in the police force. Don't forget just two week just less than two weeks ago the police woman at Anna Regina police um I think she's a lance corporal alleged that she was assaulted by the detective sergeant because the detective sergeant claims that somebody stole a million dollar. Listen to this carefully man. Somebody said the man is saying that he's alleging that somebody stole a million dollar from his car and he blaming the police woman.
So he went there, she alleged that he assaulted her. Um he he he throw your clothes in the yard. We saw the tapering and played back now. Chlo in the yard.
What has happened? They told us OPR will investigate. He's under close arrest.
And my sources told me that the very next day the man was seen driving around the thing with the street woman or yman and so on. But they're telling us that uh OPR investigated region two. That is region two. Let me come forward region three. Y'all remember um Advana Young and and Khalil Mandal the assistant commissioner.
the act the the actual lack of action on the part of the police trying to mislead the public that oh she gone up the road and TW all these things are going on since it turn commissioner and you all would tell me that the police force is not in serious serious crisis and the government sit back sit back and doing absolutely nothing that absolutely nothing when allegations like these are made I would believe that again as I say it's allegation but the government the minister of home affair the president and all them would just jump on social media and talk should make sure that a proper investigation is done and the people responsible are held accountable but no I tell her they don't get no appetite for investigating anything to do with corruption they don't have no appetite for investigating that so Adriiana Young right remember that they they they let me remind you to the same region three and I ain't picking on no region the Evidence is there. A police sergeant from Breeden Police Station was alleged to be the ring leader of some outbreaking gang that tell you to put you on a close date sometime last year.
What what more you hear about that matter? Have you heard anything more about it? A man beaten by people on the road civilian taken to the police station. He died in the police station. What has happened to that matter in terms of the ranks? First of all, you you got to the scene. on duty where a man is badly beaten, they handcuff you and carry you to the police station. The man died in the police station with the handcuff on your hand.
And any police with a little piece of brain would know that, hey, a matter like that, straight to the hospital for medical um attention.
Straight for medical attention.
Partridge Harmony Police Station. A woman went there, a young girl went there to make some report to something.
Police raped her inside the room. Well, he charged her before the court. But how are these things taking? How are these things happening that way where they get supervisors in these places and so on?
How these things happen? All these thousands of people that the president promote each station should get tremendous supervisors but you just promote them sir. You get that? Let me tell you a couple more before I bring in CC. Let me tell you guns missing from Albert Town Police Station.
What has happened? OPR investigated is still investigated. Guns and other exhibits missing from Kovven Jan police station. What happened to that? That is not so long ago. Prisoner dies in Kovven Jan police station. Jaja died in the police station that he was there for longer than 72 hours. He died ruptured in something that the doctor said what happened to the that's the OPR investigating right at the Coven John police station there too. We saw a video where a man um taking it to the police station with some traffic offense decide to record the police. When the police saw the man recording it, police take out taser and tas the man in the police station for recording him. We recently saw the man at the boat in the um Arctica area.
Police get a look like a stun gun shacking the man. Shocking the man. And what happened? Nothing. Yes, Cladine. at police headquarters.
Large quantity of cocaine turned to flour flour baker shop business when the Andinova was taking place. And you truly and honestly want to say that this police force is not in serious serious crisis sometime ago was sometime last year.
guilty share and some right to say how this police force is so respected and that um people in the Caribbean just tell them how they're trying to emulate other police forces emulate the guy in the police force and so on. That is what they're telling me. Let me give next one. Um Blairmont police station man arrested a man shooting a prisoner with shotgun. Luckily the man had their shotgun in the police station right don't forget the Lynden story Ronaldo Peters shot and killed by the police sergeant when you get charged with murder right Kendall you get charged with murder but what key unfortunate who was shot and killed the next day June of liar the head of the OPR right the head beard told the the nation right that the OPR had completed the investigation into Forune's killing and the file would be sent to the director of public prosecution for legal advice.
That was June 2025 into May 2026. What has happened? What has happened? I get one. I'm not going to show you all the answer in case um we get jugg in case the drug we have the thing at least the program would have already um almost completed. You have all of these incidents and we say the police force gone to the dogs literally. So look that looking through the station there police for and this is just some I haven't told you all you know we're saying it is evidence of a serious serious crisis in the Ghana police force and the the government them you go for blame the government because of lot of these people who involved are not doing anything and not they got promoted they are rewarded for their incompetence and perhaps even corruption they are rewarded So yeah, police force gone to the dogs man. Look, look through the window there. Dog on duty. Watch man.
You watching out to see if anybody coming. That is what is going on. Now I had a long stint. Let me bring you CC.
We have I have more to talk about this.
As I told you all this going to be the main issue for this afternoon. The fact that the police force is in serious serious crisis and they do nothing. they retain in all of this they retain the man passing retirement age provoting to commissioner and keeping it there forever and ever so you can be there um forever and ever. Amen. That is what they do. So obviously obviously they are they they are comfortable and they are satisfied with the performance of the police force. Before bringing ceil let me say this and and this is the part that the the decent policemen should understand. Not all policemen are corrupt. Not all. They have a lot of police I know who are competent, who are dedicated and who follow the law. Many of them. They honestly cannot be questioned. Many. But unfortunately, unfortunately, they seems to be in the minority. They seem to be in the minority. See, see, let me bring you in, man. I had a long go at it. Let me but I think it was necessary for me to highlight these things because I sat and I said this is not all. We have more evidence of the police force in crisis.
Go ahead my brother.
>> I know that is not all and I going to give some more and there's not all too but I agree you that they have some very good police excellent police honest dedicated and all kind of thing there.
Um we we had a case of Lyndon where they alleged that a special branch sergeant shoot a man in the foot and he lost a limb.
You hear nothing but that. We talk about death in the lockups. Let him they said they hang himself with his with with his underwear is B. Perhaps he must get one of them slack B to what Jack do talk about.
You mention faith harmony. Yes.
51 police station among itself.
Rville police station. A man dying in some gunshot wounds.
Pet missing firearms at the TSU. Missing firearm at Alberta Town Police Station.
You know what they do? Instead of they investigate, they give the man a letter of approval for him to buy another fire firearm.
Then we have things like well you mentioned cocaine in flower while you had a a police bot in his stomach. He had to go soldier to remove a bullet and that was part of faith harmony.
And this one Borbis the second in command was involved in a fatal accident. The motorcyclist is dead.
Information is that he was Saturday night that he was on his bar hopping activities in that Saturday night involved in the accident.
The cyclist died couple days afterward. He was twice you know they transfer it to region seven as the commander he was a superintendent then he was a and then shortly after was it within a month or two they promote him to a senior s still commander you hear nothing but a fatal accident you mention about Mandal Mandal is now the second in command of operation and Mandal get a history with him during the Henry three brothers. He was there when those 20 students were killed or they were born to death at M.
He was there and then they had it there during the D-Day hotel fiasco. He was there and now he's second in charge of operation. You know, second in charge of operation in the Ghana Police Force. the second in charge operation over division you know in the Guyana police force. I got a couple more bear with me sexual offenses we had in at the police training department.
What I do transfer a couple of people transfer women to borbies to complete the training in an area that isn't suitable for trainers training of female and the promisity continues at that location.
We had origank sentenced to 9 months imprisonment.
He served every time he wasn't interdicted. He wasn't he he he wasn't dismissed and after he completed his is it 9 months he went to region one region three headquarters and then they tell you hey what else you been in prison we paying you the money for the 9 months and I got pay back the money we know what more we really matter then you get same region 32 Police chasing down a vehicle.
The ve that vehicle that chasing down head down and kill a man.
Nothing more about it.
investigation into for today a murder and the traffic the crime chief Blanam saying that the C took no part in the investigation of the murder OPR and that M investigation should in involve ballistics and the C is in in charge of the ballistic section but no a mortar and C in investigating in Barbies about two weeks ago Oh, a policeman get shot. They say some by by by mistake or or or by accident they been on some drugs and your own police duty.
You end up in a hospitalized you don't hear anything but it and these two big ones they're really in crisis because there is no police service commission.
The torm finished last year last year may no police service commission and then no police complaints authority. The complaint authority died must be over near a year now and there's no complaint authority. The body that's supposed to look at appointment, deal with dispair matters and removal from office is not in force for over a year.
And where people could go and make proper complaint outside of the police environment, the police complaints authority, there is no complaint authority. The man die like the complaint authority die with him.
And there are many more but let me close off here for a while.
>> And people reminding us about the you know guys who love the students remind him now right outside police headquarters just to the east just to the west there about some manager got robbed 10,000 $10 million. He said he going for deposit and he claimed that there were people in police uniform. Let me understand people in police uniform.
I mean police you know right? refer to them but just west of police headquarters right Mark claimed that he got to deposit make some deposit and the money Ben wrote up thief the money from me men dressed in police uniform that was the allegation and you have to tell me that the police force is not in crisis serious serious crisis don't don't and remember the commissioner himself said they have problem in um attracting and maintaining ranks and despite the fact that they have a difficulty in attracting and maintaining ranks. Every day you hear well I shouldn't say every day that is over emphasizing the thing frequently wearing a new police outpost say a new police outpost there where you can get the ransom for man them police outpost where where the force is in crisis serious serious crisis they don't want to admit it you know why because of us the messengers right we are the messengers and therefore they get time with the message and having said that that we get little time but messenger and message. Let me play this tape. And again, y'all listen to the message. Forget who the messenger is.
Forget who the messenger is. Listen to the message. This is another allegation of police brutality in region one, I think. Listen to this carefully.
>> And coverups under the PPP that are becoming too common in Guyana. Raiders and abuse of power, no accountability, and ordinary citizens are left at risk.
When allegations of abuse are raised repeatedly and no meaningful action is taken, it suggests that some are above the law. And if this can happen today, then none of us can say we are safe tomorrow. You do not know who will be abused tonight or what the next day may bring. We are not safe under the PPP.
Today you will hear directly from Mr. Mark Rankin who was arrested, beaten, and mistreated while in police custody in region one. His story raises questions about conduct, oversight, and accountability within the Guyana police force. Good afternoon, Mr. M. Thanks to highlighting my story in region one where six police officer brutally beating me, pull out my dread, my my naughty from my hair, lash me with a b in my mouth.
So I want to flint man my teeth.
Yeah, I I have I do surgery two years ago on my tummy where council brown take the bin and lash me in my tummy and from since then I troubling with a body inside body pain internal body pain I troubling with >> let me see the surgery >> oh my that's okay yeah >> from here to here >> Mhm.
Yeah.
And for since then or before we go to the police brutality.
>> Yes, sir.
>> What lead to this? What caused this to happen?
>> I was I was at the bar the afternoon. Me and one of my coworkers. He was lying in.
>> Okay.
>> Sorry. We was lying in. And he was on his phone.
>> Not far from where I live. He was on the phone. And I tell you when I watch I see in the phone I say hold on SC anyway I say this is my room thing the station start with and the age of the host hotel and that was a that was what me and me we friend was talking about >> your own conversation >> and you had a police officer without uniform behind me and when I was talking say why yall talking police name >> what's the name of the officer >> he's armoring officer s remember 6 months and I really know them >> family end up to the officer we do now >> the officer said we talking about them I say talking for the media this global on social media telling I Why saying he said you know me? He said no me no you you a just like me cuz he got no uniform nothing.
>> You see a surveillance just like me brother.
>> Right away said oh you man right away said bro reinforcement after like 5 minutes after you see the white man come. The police van come. Yeah. They hold him behind me pants like they say.
So put on the for me. Throw me in the van back. I know I was not in the van back. You hear? And on the statement what the police offic wife and everybody got it on camera.
Show the whole world. talking or lie come here for satisfaction and facts and justice that why come here so >> so when they throw you in the police van >> when I throw in the police van none of them all of them was in the front because the front and you got like three of them in the back and two of them in the front there's five of them >> and I alone was at the back you understand and if I want you could run away from the police but I choose not when I take me to mar police station then pull me by me naughty look then bust Brown boss meat. You hear seven years boss meat, right? But let me show you what goes wrong comes around. I spray and I open.
>> So Mr. Rankin, you mention your teeth.
head flint me six of them and I know all them if you me tomorrow show all of them I all them s these officers must be held accountable so you telling me they arrest you just because you and your friend Lyman >> good >> right hold on you and your friend Lyman at this bar just you know going through Facebook and you saw a post >> just Call me wife keep on tell why you arresting me husband for do what you do and know they can't tell me and wife what I do they can't get tell why why do so when they carry the station explain what happened at this station I was at the back of the van back openly front and I come out by me and next armor and pull me by and pull me by the the counter when I came over there with you just now talking the facts I talking brown with the bottom there can't give the bottom and brown lash punch me to the bottom I lie when I go in the cell the night when I show me in the cell the night sir I go with handcross Even to the ins hand never see nobody come handcuff an hour after they saying when you in the cell you still had the hand >> handcuff on me plus listen back anyway pull on me actual justice sir you know without me permission that me you know that me they can't never do me you know do yeah pull down for you know sh with the handcuff inside after lose the handcuff even the other um a female officer was station where she see all what I give a statement and she give a statement And because she g you know the commander for region one >> Ramana. Yeah.
>> Yeah. He locate you to next place >> transfer to next place.
>> This is what going on in this country.
You know >> I talking lose.
>> Where is the minister of tins and all of this? Where is the commissioner of police? How can you arrest citizens at a bar just having a normal conversation?
What is going on in this country? Where are we leading to?
>> So you mention about the taser. Now the taser mark your foot.
>> When I go to the um sir when I go to the when I come out the center me wife bail me the bail money and I come out I said >> how long you spending the lock up?
>> 72 hours sir.
>> 72 hours.
>> Yeah. When I come out when I come out the night wife bail me go I make a report against them police officer. Right. I go.
>> No, I want to know just now. I want to know about the abuse. What? You sent me some pictures. Your wife sent some pictures.
>> Yeah, there was marks of violence all over your body.
Tell us about the abuse.
>> The abuse was like drastic because all now I suffering injury on my body. Internal body. He's suffering injury and whatever you >> with a bing tun you know six officer >> yeah and I was handcuff and beat it to you know I was not like open handcuff beat was handcuff and beaten >> so my hand a second degree >> this is a second degree burn where I go to the rumor doctor for when I go and report to he tell it's a second degree >> so when you went after you were released >> yeah the release from station hospital right here show you going on. You get a medical >> listen you got go to the police and say want a medical when I go to the police now right for this medical want to take this this statement for them know >> against themselves good >> anyway he the one on the thing I write he now send me to traffic department when I go to the traffic down there when I go to traffic what back down on the table. Thank you. He take he take what he want and and me talk half right in the book.
Mommy talk half right in the book. So me wife was there mother was there family and friend was there to me when I get released debate cuz everybody on camera you know for know that I talk >> I see I talk >> to the six officers.
>> Yeah. Just my I can't believe this buddy.
>> So now after the 72 hours you went to the hospital.
>> Did you get re medical?
>> Yeah, I received a medical and the medical gone to the OPR officers open all the time. That was since November the 4th, 2025. And we died in 2026 right about now.
>> 6 months past.
>> Good.
>> And I ain't see no justice. I ain't saying nothing. I calling for the I calling for justice. But I feel like I meet out to Mr. M because I can't for justice and I calling for the bigger ones them to look into this matter. I was brutally beaten for nothing. Just having a conversation.
a confiscation and I was brutally beat and was training people $100,000 bill $100,000.
>> Where is Anel Nandal in all of this?
Where is the attorney general? These are matters you should be speaking on. These are matters that you should call the commission of police and the commanders and investigate these things and let our citizens get justice.
And we want the US ambassador for look into this this this this whole issue with me and the police officer them. I really need the US ambassador to look into this. You understand? If look into something else they go look into this too cuz we is gion and we stand as G you understand and I want to look into this what we are seeing cannot be dismissed as a single incident. It points to deeper concerns about leadership oversight and accountability within region one. Serious allegations have emerged involving administration of the division under regional commander Krishna Romana. We have been highlighting these for months and no action has been taken. Reports of excessive force used against detainee resulting in significant injuries to Mr. Rankin. Concerns about interference in due process including actions that may have discouraged or disrupted witness reporting. The female officer was trans transferred >> transfer to an >> ongoing scrutiny follows a financial investigation into an alleged 23.8 8 million fraud involving the same commander.
Questions surround the handling of a separate incident involving a police to end it there. There was about a minute more but the part you see the police man come there with the with the rifle and uh you're going to start shooting. I don't want to show um show that to violate the um the the platform protocols, right? So that that is what that is why I cut it off. But you get the gist of what happening all of these things going on. And according to this man's story, first of all, let me say um those who are on Facebook, I get a I get a notice here from Facebook. I want to say we are having trouble streaming to Facebook. This may be an issue on Facebook's end.
Is it possible that the stream was ended or deleted on Facebook? We'll keep trying to let you know if it is resolved and they tell check Facebook some some problem at Facebook. So those who are on Facebook are no longer seeing the stream, right?
My ap well I'm going to apologize even though we are not at fault. But you hear this man story. He and somebody in a bar looking at a um the phone which show the corporal in this um compromising position with a teenage girl. This underage girl and the some police saw that police call the others. They come the man is alleged that he was brutalized 72 hours in the lockups.
What what was he arrested for? 72 hours in the lockups. What was he arrested for? And let me play this part before I bring in Mr. Conway. There is there's a piece of information I want to share with you. I can share it often, but listen to this prophet.
Here is what the law says.
You absolutely have the right to know why you are being arrested. Article 139 of the Constitution of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana guarantees the right to personal liberty and requires that any person who is being arrested be informed as soon as reasonably practical of the reasons for their arrest. But what does this mean for you? It means that the police must inform you of the reason for your arrest promptly and in a language you understand. If you are not told why you're being arrested, this may form the basis of a legal challenge.
You're entitled to retain and instruct a lawyer without delay. And if you're held without charge, you're entitled to apply to the high court for a writ of habius corpus. If your rights are violated, remain calm. Do not resist. As soon as possible, contact an attorney. not know note the time, location, and names of the officers involved. Knowing this could protect you or someone you love against an unlawful arrest. Thank you.
>> Know your rights, people. Know your rights. And there, let me say this.
We're not doing this because we are anti- police. We're not. We are not.
We're trying to educate people, including the policemen. People have rights. Even when a man commits the most dastardly act, you have certain constitutional protection and police mustn't go about brutalizing people. How do you get the cooperation of the public which is so vital for police work if you have people treating people in this manner and as you know I I let me let me read this again to you all. This is the poem by pastor Martin Neola.
So first they came for the communists and I did not speak out because I was not a communist. Then they came for the socialists. I did not speak out because I was not a socialist. They came for the trade unionist. I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. They came for the Jews. I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me. Come, we got to talk about these things. We got to speak about these things. These things are wrong. And the sad part of it as we have said repeatedly that no proper action is taken and that is why it continues because no discipline um no discipline act no disciplinary action is taken against this errant ranks and again I say it's not all the ranks but when you find them downright criminals we call the story um narrated by the man with this gold story and the 800,000 there's criminal behavior they set out to go target people and take away the money. There's criminal behavior, criminals in uniform and I would have thought that and the crime chief Blanam and the minister of affairs and the president and the the the legal affairs minister Anil Landl SC MP would want to make sure that these people are found and weeded out of the system. That is what we got to do.
robust investigation and get rid of these bad eggs because again we say it's not all the policemen like that but they're all tarnished when stories like this um come to light and let me tell you all too remind you what GHK l said what we have today is not a government but a gang of gangsters for the most part what gy have for leaders today are nothing but out of control lunatics pathological liars unreonstructed racist and political sadis. That is what we have.
That is what we have. Everybody now using to feed from the staff, you know.
So you hear everybody running there and they is money is money. They're running to get right. So nobody get no conscience now and loyalty and all them thing. They're going where the money there. That is where the money is. And if the money is controlled by people who are corrupt, why why do you think they would not go there? Let me um let me play one more tape before I bring in CC.
One more before I bring in CC. Listen to this.
What is kleptocracy?
Have you ever wondered how some leaders seem to get rich while their countries struggle? This brings us to the concept of kleptocracy. So what exactly is kleptocracy? Kleptocracy is a type of government where those in power use their authority to enrich themselves and their close associates. The term comes from Greek words meaning rule by thieves. In this system, grand corruption is common. High-ranking officials abuse their positions to steal resources meant for the public. In a kleptocracy, the ruling elite, often led by a head of state or a small group, control key economic sectors and natural resources. They exploit these assets to create wealth for themselves. This wealth is often hidden through complicated networks. These networks might involve offshore shell companies that help move money out of the country, making it hard to hold these leaders accountable.
Klepcrats often reinvest their illotten gains into >> Yeah, that is enough for the kleptocracy for now. CCC is back in. He was thrown out. Let me bring him bring him in to give his um closing and um we going to time flies when you're enjoying yourself, right? Uh CeCe, welcome back for let me hear your closing my brother.
and whatever whatever other comments you want to make at this time.
>> Well, I I wanted to talk a bit about that arrest there, you know, and that persons police got to be careful. Some police believe they get a god-given right that they got to hold people for 72 hours.
Now I want to read a bit on the there's a bail act 2022 alaba police bail section 41 say when a person is taken into custody for an offense without a warrant a police officer and and here is if it's not practicable to bring the person before a mistrate within 24 hours after the person's taken into custody inquire into case and A, if the offense is not one punishable with imprisonment, shall grant the person bail with every convenient speed. And B, if the offense is one punishable with imprisonment, may unless the offense is a serious offense, grant that person bail as soon as practicable.
And I remember I was a investigator, a station sergeant, a sub officer, a prosecutor, a commander. Here are the points I used to consider before granting bail. One, gravity and nature of the offense. Two, weight of evidence.
Three, status of the accused. Four, you ask the question, will the granting of bail defeat the ends of justice? Five, the constitution. Six, the laws. And you're guided by your conscience. Number seven. So the thing is that you can not supposed to keep nobody for no 72 hours.
The constitution say after 72 hours you got to go to the court. You got to go to court. But according to the bail act as soon as practicable and if within 24 hours you can think as soon as send the person on bail you can't get a man in there for 72 hours and you get no charge at the at the end of the day if you want to keep it longer than 72 hours you have to pay you have to apply to the high court for an extension for an extension and the the police should read the bail you read the bail act and the bail act is cost $1,560.
$1,560.
I have a copy here and it's bail act number bail act two bail act number one of 2022 and this is what they should be guided by the bailac and and by the the constitution.
So all the thing play in region number one. Well, I'm not surprising because remember Ramana did tell a woman that she put you on arrest because she tells your client you get a right to remain silent and they tell you before that council got to get counel you know and probably they arrest you to you know very illegal. I think the matter is still pending before before the court there. So um that's all I I need to say at the moment.
>> Right. Thank you my brother. Thank you.
Thank you. We have a afternoon well spent students again for those who are on Facebook and get knock out well that is how the crookie crumbles sometime and you know I'm reminded by one of the students we talk about the crisis in the police force. The man who is now the commission of police and CC you know this well at one time he was alleged green was the commissioner of police. He was alleged to be driving the drug the car of a known drug man going to work in police headquarters with a car belonging to a drunk man. And when he was confronted I remember as um Mai point out to Gree look you see them car out there is your PS and this man the king driving them car and when he was confronted he said well yeah he driving the car but you don't know that the man is a drug man. That is why he said in fairness to him he did say that he know but you're senior officer you're driving some fancy car you don't know the background to the man you know you you should know right so you have all of these things so what do we expect you have to tell me the president and know them things what type of due diligence they would have done in when they decide for appointee commissioner pass the retirement age and nandel go and make all sort of justification for appointing an ally Even if and I'm not saying even if for argument sake you want to say the law allow you to do that you not check conduct you not check conduct right to see if this person is suitable if the person has the knowledge if the person has the moral character to an important organization like the Ghana police force. No, no.
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