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...

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...

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...