Source: Guyana Chronicle
ASSISTANT Police Commissioner Ian Amsterdam will assume command of the ‘B’ Division police in Berbice. This has been confirmed by sources within the Guyana Police Force, who indicated that Amsterdam, presently on annual leave, will head to the division upon his resumption of duty in the coming week.
The Guyana Chronicle has been told that while other reshuffling will take place as a result of the recent promotion of senior officers, coupled with the death of Assistant Commissioner Balram Persaud, those transfers would not take place before the holding of Local Government Elections.
This newspaper was told that one of the reasons the Force is reluctant to engage in any major reshuffling of police ranks is because seniors within the division would have already identified persons to man various areas during the Local Government polls, and a reshuffle at this time would potentially cause some amount of disruptions and confusion of the process.
Had the police received the list of promotions at the traditional December 31st deadline, the transfers would have already taken place.
Once in ‘B’ Division, Amsterdam would be supported by Senior Superintendent Errol Watts, who is already serving in the division as the substantive deputy commander, but is presently performing the duties of commander since the substantive commander, Assistant Commissioner Christopher Griffith, has been elevated to the position of Force Operations Officer.
(Leroy Smith)