Construction and improvement work at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Lathbury Barracks, at Up Park Camp, will continue this financial year. The project, which falls under the Ministry of National Security, is being financed from Consolidated Fund at a cost of $350 million. This is outlined in the 2017-18 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Anticipated targets...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague, is urging the public to take steps to ensure their personal safety while also looking out for the safety of their neighbours. During a press conference at Jamaica House on February 8, he reiterated the call for persons to download the Stay Alert app and to use the panic button installed in emergencies....

The Government has identified the reduction of crime as its most urgent priority and a national imperative. This was disclosed by Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, who was delivering his 2017-18 Throne Speech in Gordon House today (Feb. 9). He said the Government is focused on fulfilling a five-pillar security strategy to comprehensively and strategically address...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, says a major priority of the Government is the reduction of crime, adding that the Administration will work to implement its five-pillar security strategy. These include, effective policing, social development interventions, situational prevention of crime, swift and sure justice, and work to rehabilitate, redeem and redirect inmates. Delivering the 2017-18 Throne...

The police have been instructed to take a zero tolerance approach to the prosecution of crimes related to the production, possession or distribution of child pornography. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the pronouncement during a press conference at Jamaica House on February 8. “This is not new. This is in the law. That means the threshold for...

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Clifford Chambers, is encouraging business owners to work with the security forces to safeguard their operations from criminal victimisation. Speaking at the Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ) Biz Social recently, ACP Chambers says a recent study showed that 65 per cent of 400 firms sampled reported that they had experienced one or more forms...

Opposition Senator, Lambert Brown, has suggested the establishment of a Standing Parliamentary Committee dedicated to crime reduction. Mr. Brown made the suggestion while addressing the State of the Nation Debate in the Senate today (February 3).  “This will focus the country’s attention on solution to our crime problem; hopefully show that the anti-crime fighting efforts are bipartisan and direct the...