Corporate Jamaica is being urged to partner with the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) to create employment and learning opportunities for at-risk youth. The social intervention programme has joined forces with the Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) and Jamaica Public Service (JPS), through Memoranda of Understanding, to create such opportunities for youngsters that would not be otherwise possible. “It...

Police Commissioner, Dr. Carl Williams, is assuring residents of West Kingston that crime in under control in their communities. The Commissioner informed that heavy police deployment has had a calming effect on the troubled communities, which have been plagued recently by violence. Dr. Williams was speaking at a press conference to update the country on police initiatives and tactical operations,...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) will be strengthening collaboration with the police in Haiti in order to disrupt and shrink the illicit drugs for guns trade between the two countries. “Arrangements are in place, as we speak, to dispatch police officers to Haiti to consult with the Haitian police,” said Police Commissioner, Dr. Carl Williams. He was addressing a press...

National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting, has called on churches in western Jamaica to take a stand against lottery scamming. “In western Jamaica we have one of the most corrosive of activities… and that is lottery scamming. This is not something we think the church has taken on frontally. One pastor told me recently that he preached against lottery scamming...

Cabinet has awarded a contract valued at US$771,000 to American firm, Armor Express, for the provision of protective equipment for the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). The items include 1, 500 ballistic vests, 1, 000 ballistic helmets and 500 helmet shields. Speaking at Jamaica House press briefing on Wednesday, September 9 at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston, Minister...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, says systematic strategies and measures are being implemented to rid the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) of rogue cops. Mr. Bunting’s remark is in response to recent acts of criminality committed by a few members of the JCF. “While it has been embarrassing, to say the least, I think it must cause us to...

As the Government intensifies the fight against crime, 60 motorcycles valued at approximately $58 million have been handed over to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). Of the total, 10 will be assigned to the Traffic Division while the others will be deployed for operational purposes across the island. Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, said the acquisition represents the...