Police Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson and other members of the High Command of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) are condemning the killing of one of our members in the line of duty. Dead is 27 year old Constable Kemar Francis of the Hunts Bay Police Station. Constable Francis was a member of a team of officers on patrol on the...

Minster of National Security, the Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, has condemned the recent alleged coordinated attacks on the police officers and their families, resulting in the death of 67-year-old Clifton Green, the father of a Detective Inspector of Police, who resided in the community of Riversdale, St. Catherine. “These targeted attacks on our police officers to disrupt law and order...

Newly reappointed Attorney General, Marlene Malahoo Forte, says work will be advanced on several pieces of legislation, which are designed to empower the security forces with the necessary tools to disrupt criminal networks, reduce violence and enhance public order. Among them is the Enhanced Security Measures Act (ESMA), which will replace the need to have States of Public Emergency (SOEs)....

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, says he is ready to continue serving Jamaica in the role. Senator Samuda was among the 14 Government Ministers sworn in at King’s House on Sunday (September 13). This is the Minister’s second round, as he was first appointed as a Minister without Portfolio in the...

The pilot project for the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF)’s new electronic traffic ticket system is expected to be launched by the end of this month. Director of Organisational Transformation in the Ministry of National Security, Lt. Col. Trevor O. McCurdy, said that some 100 handheld devices will be rolled out across selected parishes for the pilot phase. He said that...

The public is being advised that the Criminal Records Office, located at 8-10 Orange Street in downtown Kingston, will be temporarily closed to the public on Monday, September 07. This is to facilitate sanitization of the premises as a result of some members of staff exhibiting flu-like symptoms; this has triggered the JCF’s COVID-19 infection prevention and control measures which...

Crime Stop paid out $8.3 million in rewards last year, according to the Economic and Social Survey Jamaica 2019, a publication of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ). The Report notes that from the 1,050 calls received, 101 arrests were made, which included 28 for illegal possession of firearm, 17 for illegal gambling, 13 for murder, and 12 for lottery...