At 6:07am February 4th, 2015 on I witnessed an MMC patrol attempting to rob a man. This crime occurred on Avenue of the Republic & Hadfield Street behind Parliament.
I was driving east on Hadfield Street when I noticed two MMC personnel surrounding a man on the tail end of their pick up. One of them was armed with a long weapon which he held in his right hand.
The guard with the weapon stood on the southern side of the victim and the other guard on the northern side. The way they stood prevented the gentleman from moving as his back was against the tailgate of the pickup truck.
The guard without the weapon was rifling through the bag of the gentleman who was visibly confused and shaking.
I was driving on the southern side of the road to make the right turn onto Avenue of the Republic. Upon realising what was going on I turned towards the pickup truck and took my window down.
The guard rifling through the bag raised his head to look at me and then pretended as if nothing was happening. I paused for a moment without saying anything and they walked off headed back into their vehicle.
A third guard was at the wheel monitoring what his colleagues were doing in the back.
We live in a lawless country and more and more members of the so-called security industry are preying on citizens.
It’s quite common to see MMC vehicles and other security companies speeding around town with their lights flashing pretending to be cops.
As far as I am aware MMC personnel have zero authority to stop and search citizens of this country. However, this was not a search, this was a clear attempt to rob this man of his possessions.
Guyana Association of Private Security Organizations was so moved last December after another security officer was caught in an armed robbery, it wrote a long flowery letter.
…criminal conduct to be tasteless, offensive and quite frankly, we are angry that any Security Officer would squander the good will we have worked so hard to build within our community.
The very prospect that a Security Officers, someone whom the public holds in a high regard because of the manner in which we safeguard the public, could possibly exploit this trust in such a vile and inexcusable way is highly disappointed and embarrassing.
While this incident is very troubling and tugs at our integrity, it is an isolated incident …
I beg to differ.
MMC guards murdered Travis Parks by shooting him in the back.
MMC guards drove the killer to the scene to murder two sex workers. They just happened to be on the scene of what was to be a murder just in time to steal away their colleague Plan B.
MMC guards are often seen in uniform and armed smoking marijuana. I have no probem with people smoking marijuana but when you have mentally unstable characters with guns smoking weed and then take off on patrol you’re flirting with disaster.
and notice am just talking about MMC. There are many other so-called security company personnel engaged in all manner of illegal acts across Guyana. From petty larceny to rape and murder.
I’m unable to find and email address for Guyana Association of Private Security Organizations, but I hope they still have ink in their quill to address this matter.
MMC says they have a commitment to national development and security, am a bit hard pressed to see how rogue elements within the ranks add to this. I hope this matter is investigated and fully ventilated.
Since MMC uses Trac-Force GPS monitoring, it should be a piece of cake to identify the vehicle that was at the location then cross check and see who were the ranks assigned to it.
The Mekdecis started this security firm to protect themselves from robberies, but now they’re unleashing terror on the population under the guise of security. Is this commitment to national development and security?
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