The Government will be moving with deliberate effort to advance reform of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). Making his contribution to the 2018/19 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on June 12, National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, said the reform will not only entail technological improvements or a simple name change but will be about establishing a...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says the Government will intensify strategies geared towards combatting the illegal trafficking of weapons and ammunition into the country and to protect the lives of Jamaicans. “We are moving with concerted effort to enhance legislative provisions to reduce arms trafficking, disarm criminal networks and increase penalties for the illegal use and possession...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) will introduce online tracking for firearm applications during this financial year. Dr. Chang made the announcement during his presentation in the 2018/19 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (June 12). “Additionally, the agency will acquire a BulletTrax marking machine to improve the Authority’s...

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, says projects being implemented by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) have proven to be sustainable and have contributed to savings. He cited the Agricultural Self-Sufficiency Programme, which has realised savings of approximately $1 million during the period December 2017 to March 2018 as inmates and wards continue...

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, has called on heads of correctional services in the Caribbean to work more closely to transform the delivery of service and the lives of inmates. Addressing the Association of Caribbean Heads of Corrections and Prison Services (ACHCPS) Conference 2018 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says Jamaica’s best hope of significantly reducing crime hinges on a positively engaged youth population. Addressing recruits and senior officers at the Jamaica National Service Corps (JNSC) graduation ceremony in Moneague, St. Ann, on June 9, Dr. Chang said it is against this background that it is so important to give young...

Jamaica will host the 12th conference of the Association of Caribbean Heads of Corrections and Prison Services (ACHCPS) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston from June 11-14, 2018. It is being held under theme ‘Transforming Prisons and Correctional Services for Regional Development’. Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer is scheduled to deliver the keynote...