New 911 system receives over 200 prank calls in first 48 hours

I hope the police locate, arrest and charge the pranksters. Wasting precious crime fighting time and resources. This is above politics. Ordinary citizens need quick police response, not diversion from pranksters.

I have to agree Brother Gil. This type of behaviour is unacceptable and they should be tracked down and charged.

Race has destroyed Guyana and now this type of unacceptable behaviour adds insult to injury.

Gilbakka posted:

I hope the police locate, arrest and charge the pranksters. Wasting precious crime fighting time and resources. This is above politics. Ordinary citizens need quick police response, not diversion from pranksters.

Agree! Ya think the prank calls were dry run tests?

people need to behave themselves

Many Guyanese are Tribal, uncivilized and less than humans. They have no morals, sense of responsibility or humanity. Some were trained to be that way, others are simply illiterate!!!

After more than 2 decades this is a great improvement. Hats off to Mr. Ramjattan. 

There are fines and jail time for making prank 911 calls in the US.

I would like to see trained civilians handling and dispatching the calls and the police are freed up to perform police duties. 

Tell dat to the brainless JhAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAt.

Nehru posted:

Tell dat to the brainless JhAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAt.

Bhaiji, this is above politics.

He hAD 2 AND A HALF YEARS AND HE CANNOT FIGURE OUT SUCH simple THINGS!!

911 emergency phone number was in existence for a long time.

Issues developed between the Government and GTT in 2014.

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In 2014, a blame-game had ensued between GTT’s management and the Guyana Police Force over the ineffectiveness of the 911 emergency numbers. The Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud, felt in 2014 that the problem was technical on the side of GTT, rather than human on the side of the Police Force.

GTT, on the other hand, had released a statement in 2014 calling out the police for the less than satisfactory responses to 911 calls.

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911 Emergency phones operational by early 2017, says Public Security Minister Ramjattan

Posted by: Derwayne Wills in News, Politics December 20, 2016, http://demerarawaves.com/2016/...-minister-ramjattan/

Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan expects the 911 Emergency numbers will be functioning effectively by early 2017, with some 12 officers to be trained for work on a shift system.

Some $250M was allocated in budget 2017 for equipment for the Guyana Police Force, an allocation which prompted Opposition MP Juan Edghill to question whether the 911 service will benefit, and further ask how soon.

Ramjattan said the phones would have to be set up in collaboration with the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT), the only landline provider in Guyana.

In 2014, a blame-game had ensued between GTT’s management and the Guyana Police Force over the ineffectiveness of the 911 emergency numbers. The Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud, felt in 2014 that the problem was technical on the side of GTT, rather than human on the side of the Police Force.

GTT, on the other hand, had released a statement in 2014 calling out the police for the less than satisfactory responses to 911 calls.

The phone company had said that year there were handsets which had disappeared at the 911 receiving stations, and in some cases, handsets were taken off the hook or the phones were not answered by personnel during standard working hours.

Opposition MP Clement Rohee, while he was Home Affairs Minister for the PPP government in 2014, laid blame at the feet of the phone company saying the company was dodging responsibility.

Public Security Minister Ramjattan had committed in July of this year to have the 911 Emergency numbers functioning since it was a troubling problem for the government that the 911 Command Centre was defunct.

Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan