National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting, says the thinking by many people that the solution to crime and violence rests with law enforcement, has to be changed. “Law enforcement has an important role to play, but if we think it is only law enforcement that is going to fix our crime problem, then we are seriously mistaken. The truth of...

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Neville Knight, is reporting a downward trend in murders in the St. Andrew South division, crediting community partnerships for the drop. He informed that since the start of 2014, there have been 50 murders in the division, representing a 29 per cent reduction in the crime for the similar period last year, and noted that...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting says Cabinet, on September 8, 2014, approved the formal merger of the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) and the Legal Medicine Unit (LMU) to form a new entity to be named the Institute of Forensic Science and Legal Medicine. The merging of the two entities was one of the recommendations made in the Master...

Newly installed Commissioner of Police, Dr. Carl Williams, has pledged to ensure greater transparency and accountability on the part of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), as it works to improve its service and ultimately, engender the trust and respect of Jamaican citizens. “The communities that we serve must come to rely on the police as protectors of their rights. This...

With Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Dr. Carl Williams, set to assume command of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), on Monday, September 15, National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting, is pleased with the public’s support for the new police Chief. Mr. Bunting said the incoming Commissioner can “use the universal welcome that he has received from the Government and Opposition,...

Jamaica’s Protected Disclosures Act is regarded as one of the best pieces of whistleblowing legislation enacted in countries globally, by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). This disclosure was made by Head of Public Sector at the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) in the United Kingdom (UK), Gillian Fawcett, who says a strong whistleblowing arrangement can make...

As the Government continues to modernize its forensic capability, come fiscal year 2015/2016, the Forensic Laboratory and the Legal Medicine Unit will become the Institute of Forensic Science, with direct reporting to the Ministry of National Security. Making the announcement, Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, said it is part of measures to reduce crime and violence and corruption,...