The Cabinet submission for the formal merger of the Forensic Science Laboratory with the Legal Medicine Unit (LMU) is to be tabled in the first quarter of the 2014/15 fiscal year. This is contained in a Ministry Paper tabled by Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, during the sitting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, May 13. It is proposed...

The Police Service Commission is to formalise the incorporation of former officers of the Island Special Constabulary (ISCF) within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) when it meets on Friday, May 16. Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, made the announcement at a post-Sectoral press conference at Jamaica House on Wednesday, May 14. He noted that while the merger “is...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is slated to purchase 400 motorcycles at an estimated cost of US$2.5 million during the 2014/15 fiscal year. This is stated in a Ministry Paper tabled by Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting during the sitting of the House of Representatives on May 13. According to the Paper, vehicles will augment the resources dedicated...

The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has been tasked with designing and constructing a secure storage facility at the Government Forensic Laboratory at 2 ½ Hope Boulevard, in Kingston. As outlined in a Ministry Paper tabled by Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, during the sitting of the House of Representatives on May 13, the project is estimated to cost...

National Security Minister, Hon. Peter Bunting has attributed the 40 per cent drop in police fatal shootings to efforts by the authorities to regularly reiterate to Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) personnel, the importance of adhering to the use of force policy. He says public announcements cautioning persons with illegal guns to surrender when accosted by the police, have also contributed...

Commissioner of Police, Owen Ellington, says there has been a gradual decrease in serious and violent crimes over the past five years, due to the tireless work of the security forces to maintain law and order. “We are actually maintaining a five-year downward trend in serious violent crimes, which means that Jamaica is getting safer year after year, based on...

Within the next few months, citizens with access to android smart phones will be able to download a special application (app), allowing them to report a crime or send information to the police, anonymously. The application, which is slated to be launched in the first quarter of this fiscal year, will also provide alerts from the police, similar to the...