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Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting (centre), leads a walk through the March Pen community, during a tour of the St. Catherine North police division on May 7.

Police Post To Be Established At Spanish Town Bus Park

A police post will be established at the Spanish Town bus park as part of long-term measures to address crime in the area, including extortion by criminal gangs. National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting, made the disclosure on May 7,...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting (centre), assists with unveiling the sign erected at the site for the construction of a US$108,000 community resource centre in Watson Grove in Gregory Park, St. Catherine during the ground breaking ceremony held on May 5, at the location. Also participating (at right) is State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, and Member of Parliament for East Central St. Catherine, Hon. Arnaldo Brown; while United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director to Jamaica, Denise Herbol, looks on. The Gregory Park Community Resource Centre is being established under phase II of USAID’s Community Empowerment and Transformation Project (COMET II). It is the first of 25 to be established across the island under the project.

US$108,000 Resource Centre To Be Built In Gregory Park

Damion Harry, Sergeant of Police attached to the Praedial Larceny Prevention Unit at the Ministry of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, addresses a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’. He noted that more than 50 persons have been arrested and prosecuted for praedial larceny since the unit was established three months ago.

More Than 50 Persons Prosecuted For Praedial Larceny

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, addressing a post Sectoral Debate press briefing, held today (April 30), at the Office of the Prime Minister.

Security Minister Confident DNA Bill Will Withstand Any Challenge

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting (left), converses with Colonel Desmond Edwards of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), who will oversee and coordinate the merger of the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption (MOCA) Task Force and the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). Occasion was a press conference at the Police Officers’ Club in St. Andrew on Monday, August 4, to announce the merger.

MOCA to Be Statutory Agency

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Cabinet Approves Contract to Improve Police Telecoms System

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, the Hon. Peter Bunting. (FILE)

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National Security Minister Tables DNA Bill

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...

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Praedial Larceny Unit to Increase Engagement with Farmers

The recently established Praedial Larceny Prevention Unit will be increasing engagement with the farming community as it works to tackle the scourge of praedial larceny, which is costing the agricultural sector some $6 billion annually. “Information sharing is…critical to the success of the unit. We need to share information and communicate effectively with farmers,” said Sergeant Damian Harry, who is...

11 years ago National Security and Peace

Law Enforcement Torch Run Road Race Slated For April 25

The Jamaica Chapter of the Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) International will stage a 5K run walk in St. Andrew on Saturday, April 25, to raise $3 million of the $11 million needed to send 69 of the country’s athletes to the World Special Olympics Summer Games in Los Angeles, California, USA, in July. The 3.1-mile route will begin at...

Saint Maarten Member of Parliament, Mrs. Leona Marlin stands in front a few of the automated border crossing kiosks at the NMIA.

11 years ago National Security and Peace

Curaçao/St. Maarten Learn from Jamaica’s Experience with ABC Immigration Kiosks

Immigration and airport personnel from the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao as well as a member of the Saint Maarten legislature were in the island recently on a fact-finding mission to observe Jamaica’s use of automated immigration kiosks at the island’s main international airports. The seven-man Curaçaoan delegation toured the arrival immigration hall at the Sangster International Airport (SIA) and...

Community Relations Officer at the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP), Carlton Powell (right), interacts with students at the Irwin High School in St. James, recently. The students were encouraged to be positive role models.

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CSJP Encourages Irwin High Students To Be Positive Role Models

Students from Irwin High School, in St. James, benefitted from motivational talks by the Ministry of National Security’s Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) and Unite for Change, recently. A team from the Ministry of National Security, led by Community Relations Officer for CSJP, Carlton Powell, and former ‘man in the street’, Norado Bell, spoke to the students about being...

Minister of National Security, the Hon. Peter Bunting is greeted by Brazil’s Minister of Defence, Jacques Wagner.

11 years ago National Security and Peace

Jamaica and Brazil Further Defence Cooperation

Senior officials from Jamaica and the Federative Republic of Brazil this week held high level talks aimed at further enhancing the relationship that exists between both countries. As part of the continued cooperation between the two nations, the Brazilian Ministry of Defence invited a Jamaican delegation, led by Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, to attend the 10th Annual...