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Executive Director of National Integrity Action, Professor Trevor Munroe.
Executive Director of National Integrity Action, Professor Trevor Munroe.

National Integrity Action Head Welcomes Increased Use Of ‘Crime Stop’

Executive Director of National Integrity Action (NIA), Professor Trevor Munroe, has welcomed increased utilisation of the Crime Stop programme by civic-minded Jamaicans as part of overall efforts to reduce illegal activities and bring the perpetrators to justice. He said total...
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Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, addresses annual awards banquet of the Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ), St. James Chapter, at the S Hotel Conference and Event Centre, in Montego Bay, on Saturday (January 25).
Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, addresses annual awards banquet of the Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ), St. James Chapter, at the S Hotel Conference and Event Centre, in Montego Bay, on Saturday (January 25).

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Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, addresses annual awards banquet of the Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ), St. James Chapter, at the S Hotel Conference and Event Centre, in Montego Bay, on Saturday (January 25).
Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, addresses annual awards banquet of the Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ), St. James Chapter, at the S Hotel Conference and Event Centre, in Montego Bay, on Saturday (January 25).

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), listens as Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson (at podium), provides details regarding the State of Public Emergency (SOE) in the Eastern Kingston Police Division. Occasion was a press conference to announce the declaration of the SOE at Jamaica House on Sunday (January 26). Also pictured (from left) are Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Rocky Meade; and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), listens as Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson (at podium), provides details regarding the State of Public Emergency (SOE) in the Eastern Kingston Police Division. Occasion was a press conference to announce the declaration of the SOE at Jamaica House on Sunday (January 26). Also pictured (from left) are Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Rocky Meade; and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang.

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Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA), Velma Ricketts Walker (second right) discussing the use of a gas analyser with Deputy Commissioner of Customs, Operations, Marlon Lowe (right), during a handover ceremony at the JCA head office in Kingston on Monday (January 27). Others (from left) are Deputy Commissioner of Customs, Border Protection, Alwyn Nicely; and British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Asif Anwar Ahmad. Six gas analysers, which will be used by customs officers to test the air quality inside containers, were donated by the United Kingdom (UK) Border Force.
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Customs Gets Gas Analysers From UK Border Force

The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) has received a donation of six gas analysers from the United Kingdom (UK) Border Force, which will be used by customs officers to test the air quality inside containers. The devices, valued at £9,000, were handed over to the JCA’s Chief Executive Officer, Velma Ricketts Walker, by the British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency...
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Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, addresses annual awards banquet of the Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ), St. James Chapter, at the S Hotel Conference and Event Centre, in Montego Bay, on Saturday (January 25).
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JCF Boosting Connectivity

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is improving connectivity among police stations in the fight against crime. Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, says the microwave communication network has been upgraded, and the system now carries five times the amount of data. “So by the end of 2021, every police station will be connected, so we can send data from...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), listens as Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson (at podium), provides details regarding the State of Public Emergency (SOE) in the Eastern Kingston Police Division. Occasion was a press conference to announce the declaration of the SOE at Jamaica House on Sunday (Jan. 26). Also pictured (from left), are: Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Rocky Meade; and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang.
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Eastern Kingston Residents Urged To Cooperate With Security Forces

Residents of the Eastern Kingston Police Division are being encouraged to cooperate with security personnel as they carry out enhanced security operations in the area under the newly declared State of Public Emergency (SOE). Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, made the plea at a press conference at Jamaica House on Sunday (Jan. 26), where Prime Minister, the Most...
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Minister of National Security, the Hon. Dr. Horace (3rd right), breaks ground for construction of the $73 million Green Acres Police Station in St. Catherine on Friday (January 24). Others (from left) are: Councillor for the Bellevue Division, Alphanso Johnson; Mayor of Spanish Town, Councillor Norman Scott; Minister of Health and Wellness and Member of Parliament for West Central St. Catherine, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton; Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Gary Griffiths; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Dianne McIntosh.
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JCF Reviewing Social Intervention Strategy

Minister of National Security, the Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says that the  Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is reviewing its social intervention strategy in order to better address anti-social behaviours that could lead to crime. He was speaking at the breaking ceremony for the new Green Acres Police Station in St. Catherine on Friday (Jan.  24),  where he expressed sadness at the...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (at podium), announces the declaration of a State of Public Emergency (SOE) in the Eastern Kingston Police Division during a press conference at Jamaica House on Sunday (Jan. 26). Also pictured (from left) are: Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Rocky Meade; Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang; and Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson.
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PM Announces SOE for Eastern Kingston Police Division

A State of Public Emergency (SOE) is now in effect for the Eastern Kingston Police Division. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the announcement during a press conference at Jamaica House on Sunday (Jan. 26) morning. He said that security personnel from the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) and the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) were deployed at midnight to...
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Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (third left), points to an architectural drawing of works to be carried out at a police station under the European Union (EU)-funded Poverty Reduction Programme (PRP), on Thursday (January 23), at the Courtyard by Marriott hotel in New Kingston. Sharing the moment (from left) are Head of Delegation of the European Union in Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska; Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund, Omar Sweeney and Commanding Officer of the Property Management and Maintenance Division, Jamaica Constabulary Force, Garfield Taylor. Six police stations are to be rehabilitated under the programme at a cost of $235 million.
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Six Police Stations to be Rehabilitated at a Cost of $235 Million

The European Union (EU)-funded Poverty Reduction Programme (PRP) will be carrying out rehabilitation works at six police stations across the island, at a cost of approximately $235 million. They include Denham Town (Kingston) at a cost of $36.81 million; Franklyn Town (Kingston), $42.48 million; Lionel Town (Clarendon), $36.87 million; Mount Salem (St. James), $42.53 million; Four Paths (Clarendon), $37.86 million;...
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