The Matilda’s Corner District Consultative Committee (DCC), which aims to increase police-citizen engagement in addressing crime and violence in and around the Liguanea area of …
The Government is bolstering its capacity to intercept the trafficking of guns and ammunition into the country as well as implementing a more robust legislative …
Head of the Trelawny Police, Superintendent Carlos Russell, says tackling domestic disputes and threats is a high priority for the police. In an interview with …
The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected all corners of Jamaica but despite the challenges the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), has mitigated the effects admirably …
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government takes the matter of violence seriously, is working to develop further strategies and put in …
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, visited the family of 20-year-old accounting clerk, Khanice Jackson, whose body was found at the Portmore Fishing Village, …
Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, says that the Mount Salem Police Station in St. James is slated for completion …
In 2020, the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) recorded a 53 per cent clear up rate for homicides, compared to 39 per cent in 2019. Making …
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security (MNS), Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, along with colleague Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and …
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the use of States of Public Emergency (SOEs) has worked to reduce murders and shootings wherever they …
The Government will be introducing two additional Zones of Special Operations (ZOSOs) this year, says Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. ZOSOs are operational …
Thirty-five Department of Correctional Services (DCS) employees have benefited from life skills training aimed at building the entity’s capacity to better interact with and intervene …
Government is in the process of updating the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Act to effectively combat human trafficking. “We are currently in the process of …
The Ministry of National Security, on Wednesday (March 10), unveiled the report of the 2019 Jamaica National Crime Victimisation Survey (JNCVS), which measures and documents …
The Ministry of National Security today convened its first Correctional Services Technical Working Group (CSTWG) meeting to address the findings of an investigation into the …
The Ministry of National Security (MNS) is developing a Citizen Security Portal, which is aimed at engaging Jamaicans at the community level. The portal is …
Chairman of the National Taskforce Against Trafficking in Persons (NATFATIP), Courtney Williams, says more than 100 victims of human trafficking have been rescued in Jamaica …
More than $43 billion is expected to be spent in five years on the Ministry of National Security’s implementation of the Citizen Security Plan (CSP). …
The National Security Ministry is hailing the national closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance programme dubbed ‘JamaicaEye’ as a success in assisting the police’s crime-fighting efforts and …
In our ongoing review of the security of Government’s systems and networks including the JAMCOVID19 platform, the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption (MOCA) Cyber Investigators …
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