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Anti-Gang Week from September 16 To 21, 2018

By: , September 14, 2018
Anti-Gang Week from September 16 To 21, 2018
Photo: Mark Bell
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Fitz Bailey (centre), provides details about Anti-Gang Week during a JIS Think Tank on Thursday, September 13. He is flanked by Director of the Safety and Security Unit, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Coleridge Minto (left); and Detective Inspector, National Strategic Anti-Gang Unit in the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime (C-TOC) Branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Clifton Green​.

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The Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime (C-TOC) Branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is collaborating with the Safety and Security Unit of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information to observe Anti-Gang Week from September 16 to 21 under the theme ‘Gang Life equals no Life’.     Addressing a JIS Think Tank on Thursday (September 13), Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Fitz Bailey, called on churches, non-governmental organisations, public and private entities and schools to support the efforts to stop children from joining gangs.     

He said that the entity has been working with the Education Ministry and has put forward interventions to positively impact youth who are predisposed to be involved in gangs.       

ACP Bailey said that Anti-Gang Week is designed to “awake the consciousness of the public, so that they can get involved and help to divert our youth from a path that is destructive”.

“If we allow the gangs to continue to dominate, then economic development will stagnate, so we must partner to create the brand Jamaica we want,” he contended.   Activities for Anti-Gang Week get under way with a church service on Sunday (September 16) at Church on the Rock, 7 Clifton Avenue, starting at 9:30 a.m.    There will be presentations by school resource and C-TOC officers at more than 150 primary and secondary-level institutions on September 18.  

Meanwhile, more than 50 students who are in conflict with the law and are on probation will benefit from special presentations by C-TOC and representatives from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on September 19. 

A town hall meeting will be held at Mandela Park, Half-WayTree on September 20 starting at 5:00 p.m. The week’s activities will culminate with an ‘edutainment’ at the Half-Way Tree Transport Centre on Friday (September 21). 

ACP Bailey is encouraging parents and teachers to participate in the interventions.   

Last Updated: September 15, 2018

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