Hundreds of illegal parking, obstruction offences caught by Safe City system – Traffic Chief

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is reporting a steady rise in traffic violations, with more than 200 cases being recorded weekly, most of them for illegal parking and obstruction.

The offences are detected through the Safe City system.

“Each week, arising out of the help of the Safe City system, we have more than 200 cases being made specifically as it relates to parking and obstruction-type offences,” Traffic Chief Mahendra Singh said recently.

According to Singh, the cameras have become one of the Force’s strongest enforcement tools, catching drivers who believe they can leave their vehicles improperly and go unnoticed.

He noted that many motorists are still surprised at how quickly police respond once a violation is detected.

“Some persons would like to know how we arrive on the scene so quickly when they would have left their motor vehicle in a dangerous position. Don’t leave it and don’t wonder how we knew,” he cautioned.

Singh also warned that ignoring tickets will only worsen matters.

“This is not a lotto. This is not a case where if you don’t have a ticket you don’t have a chance, because this lotto you have to pay. You don’t pay, we will proceed to court to compel you to pay,” he said.

With the holiday season expected to increase traffic and congestion, the GPF is urging drivers to comply with the law, especially as its Christmas policing plan intensifies patrols and monitoring across the country.

As part of its Christmas policing plan, which runs from December 15, 2025, to January 15, 2026, the Force will deploy daily anti-crime and traffic patrols.

Specifically, the Force intends to have 207 patrols on a daily basis, 95 of which are traffic patrols. That will require the deployment of 507 police ranks daily.