The United Nations Security Council Affairs Division (SCAD) has approved the nomination of Mr. O'Neil Hamilton to its Roster of Experts which advises the United Nations Security Council. Mr. Hamilton, who was nominated by the Government of Jamaica, is the first such nominee from a CARICOM Member State with a focus on non-proliferation and terrorism and joins a roster of...

US$108,000 resource centre, which will improve community safety and security, while facilitating skills training and income generation. Ground was broken on May 5 for the Gregory Park Community Resource Centre (CRC), the first of 25 to be established in targeted communities across the island under phase II of the Community Empowerment and Transformation Project (COMET II). The initiative is being undertaken...

The Praedial Larceny Prevention Unit (PLPU) is reporting that over 50 persons have been arrested and prosecuted since its establishment three months ago. Addressing a JIS ‘Think Tank’ recently, Sergeant of Police attached to the Unit, Damion Harry, said that since the launch of the PLPU there have been some major successes in praedial larceny prevention and other related matters....

Cabinet has approved a contract for the upgrading and expansion of the police telecommunications system that will greatly improve the handling of the 119 emergency calls. “The telephone infrastructure that supports 119 is being upgraded to provide the public with an improved quality of service. The upgraded system will provide the supervisors with enhanced capabilities to monitor agents in real...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, says he is confident that the Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Evidence Act, 2015, will withstand any constitutional challenges. Mr. Bunting said that prior to tabling the Bill (in the House on April 29), he had the input of the Attorney General’s Department, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Legal Reform Department,...

Cabinet has issued drafting instructions for legislation to establish the Major Organised Crime and Anti Corruption Agency (MOCA) as a statutory body, independent of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). “MOCA currently operates as a joint staff agency with members from the JCF as well as civilians,” Minister of National Security Hon. Peter Bunting said, during his contribution to the 2015/16...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, tabled the Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Evidence Act, 2015, in the House of Representatives on April 29. “This legislation will provide for the keeping, maintaining, and operating of a consolidated forensic DNA databank, to be known as the National DNA Register, for the purposes of forensic investigation and human identification,” Mr. Bunting said. The...