Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is assuring Jamaicans living abroad that the Government is taking national security seriously, with significant investments made over the last two years to strengthen the country’s security architecture. He noted that this year alone, the Government is spending close to $20 billion, which is “the highest that has ever been spent on national...

 Head of the Jamaica Diaspora Crime Intervention and Prevention Task Force, Dr. Rupert Francis, says that education and community engagement can play a major role in fighting crime in Jamaica. “Education has a real effect on crime. We have to make sure that we start with the very young and have the community involved. It takes a village to raise...

The Ministry of National Security says there will be a replacement of outdated cameras that were installed years ago, as part of the full islandwide roll-out of the surveillance project, JamaicaEye, which is slated for September this year. Senior Director, Major Technology Transformation Branch, Ministry of National Security, Arvel Grant, told JIS News that several cameras were installed in public...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says the proposed Police Plaza, to be built at ‘No Man’s Land’ in downtown Kingston, will be a community facility that will be fully accessible to residents. “The plaza will not be some fortress… . There will be no fence around [it] to lock you out. The access roads will be designed...

Since the beginning of 2019, some 250,000 traffic tickets have been issued for breaches of the Road Traffic Act. This was disclosed by Commanding Officer of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB), Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Calvin Allen, in an interview with JIS News. Mr. Allen pointed out that this represents a 12 per cent increase over...

The Westmoreland Police have launched operation ‘Sustainable Public Safety and Public Order’ in a bid to curtail criminal activities in the parish, which is currently under a State of Public Emergency (SOE). Commanding Officer for the Westmoreland Police Division, Superintendent Gary McKenzie, told JIS News that they are restructuring operational strategies and creating a sustainable framework for how security personnel...

The Zones of Special Operations (ZOSOs) in Denham Town in Kingston, and Mount Salem, St. James, will be extended by a further 60 days to August 19, 2019 and September 7, 2019, respectively. The House of Representatives on Tuesday (June 11), approved two Resolutions for the extensions, which were moved by National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang. In his...