Police to clamp down on minibus touts from Monday

Starting from Monday, the Traffic Department of the Guyana Police Force will be paying closer attention to minibus touts who operate at the various minibus parks to solicit passengers.

The law stipulates that the act is an illegal one and persons found culpable can be arrested and charged and ordered to pay a fine.

“The solicitation, the bullyism, the uncalled for assault and the abuses at the park, report it to the police so that can be dealt with.

“…In fact as early as Monday morning we will have something in place and approach the issue right away,” Traffic Chief, Senior Superintendent Mahendra Singh disclosed on Saturday.

Speaking on a radio programme, Singh noted that the abuse and harassment of persons who seek to use public transportation is a continuous occurrence.

So, to tackle the issue, he encourages persons to report these instances so that they can be investigated and necessary actions can be taken.

“The solicitation at the park where you find for persons who seek to use public transportation and you find that they are continuously harassed, pulling and tugging and so on, these things ought to be reported”

“The assault of the person, the abuse of the person, there is the common threat of the person all these things should be looked at,” Singh explained.

According to Singh, a multi-agency approach can also help to reduce the presence of touts at the minibus parks so that persons utilising public transportation can have an improved experience.