ABSTRACT
In accordance with Chapter 16.01 of the Laws of Guyana, September 23, 1972: There shall be established in Guyana a Police Force to be known as the Guyana Police Force. The Force shall be employed for the prevention and detection of crime, the preservation of law and order, the preservation of the peace, the repression of internal disturbance, the protection of property, the apprehension of offenders and due enforcement of all laws and regulations with which it is directly charged and shall perform such military duties within Guyana as may be required of it or under the authority of the Minister. The police in Guyana are lawfully conferred with a wide and far-reaching range of powers calculated to restrain and control citizen behavior in the interest of "public peace." The power to make appointments to the force below the rank of inspector is vested in the commissioner.
