Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting says greater emphasis will be placed on community policing with the implementation of the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III this fiscal year. The Minister made the disclosure while giving a special lecture entitled ‘The Underpinning of Crime in Jamaica from Quant to Kartel: The need for Divine Intervention’ held at the...

The membership of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has been bolstered with the addition of 195 new recruits, many of them possessing first degrees in various disciplines. As the new members take on their assignments, Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, is urging them to make professionalism and integrity their guiding principles, in what he called a “transformed police...

A total of $14 million will be spent for the rehabilitation and reintegration of local offenders and deported persons, this fiscal year. This is outlined in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure, which was tabled in the House of Representatives on April 3. The programme, which commenced in November 2008 and has been extended until March 2015, aims to reduce the...

The Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III is set to receive a cash injection of $939 million to carry out its work, this fiscal year. This is set out in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled in the House of Representatives on April 3 by Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips. The money will go...

Activities under the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III will be boosted with an allocation of $115 million in this year’s budget. As contained in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure currently being reviewed by the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives, the money will go towards enhancing citizen security and justice in targetted communities, through the increased...

The Ministry of Finance and Planning will continue implementation of the Caribbean Criminal Asset Recovery Programme (CCARP) this year with a $51.9 million allocation. This is included in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the Standing Finance Committee of the House. The project, which commenced in January 2012, seeks to strengthen the Financial Investigations Division (FID) criminal assets recovery...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) crime fighting capabilities are being strengthened this financial year, with the purchase of four mobile forensic laboratories. An allocation of $60 million has been made to buy the units, as outlined in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Achievements under the programme, up to March 2014, included the procurement of...

The investigative capacity of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is to be strengthened with the $167.2 million expansion of its Automated Palm and Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS). Details of the allotment are outlined in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The proposed project will, this fiscal year, see the expansion and upgrading of the METAMORPHA...