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...

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...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force has intensified its enforcement of the provisions of the Disaster Risk Management Act. The public is hereby reminded that all members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force are authorized officers and are authorized to enforce the measures of the Disaster Risk Management Act and the Orders made thereunder whenever breaches are detected. Where a member of the...

The Government has reiterated its commitment to securing training and certification of inmates through the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) involving the Ministry of National Security, HOPE Programme and the HEART/NSTA Trust. Managing Director of the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Janet Dyer, told JIS News that the partnership aims to ensure that inmates are trained and certified before...

Efforts to eliminate human trafficking in Jamaica are to be significantly boosted with the handover of an extensive library collection on sex trafficking and human trafficking to the National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons (NATFATIP). The collection is from the library of the late Rev. Dr. Margaret Fowler, who served as Chairman of the Protection subcommittee of NATFATIP between...

Modernisation Projects Coordinator in the Office of the Cabinet, Melody Palmer (left), explains the significance of the Ministry of National Security’s Vision and Mission Statements and Core Values during the unveiling ceremony on Wednesday (August 19), at the Ministry’s Oxford Road address in Kingston. Listening is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dianne McIntosh.