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Acting head of the Manchester Police Division, Superintendent Howard Francis, has said the police will be deploying all the resources at its disposal to quell criminal activities in the parish. "Recently we have received new equipment and motor vehicles, these we have used to retrofit our police stations, so that they can respond to the needs of the parish. During...

Acting Commissioner of Police, Owen Ellington, is seeking public support for his efforts to root out corrupt members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). "I am pleading with members of the public to assist us in rooting out these individuals from among the ranks of force," the Acting Commissioner told a press briefing at his office, Old Hope Road, Kingston,...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has taken advantage of a unique opportunity to build trust among inner-city youths, by offering internships to several young people from Parade Gardens (Tel Aviv and South Side) in downtown Kingston. The internship programme is a part of the Inter-American Development Bank-funded Kingston Urban Renewal Project (KURP), managed by the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC)....

The 119 emergency number serves as a means through which persons with genuine emergencies can receive urgent assistance. However, the emergency line is being plagued by persons abusing the system through prank calls and other general enquires that are not considered dire. In an interview with JIS News, Superintendent with responsibility for Police Control and Emergency, Kenneth Wade, informs that...

Six municipal police officers of the Manchester Parish Council were on Tuesday (Nov. 24), sworn in as District Constables (DC) to support the work of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) at the community level. The newly appointed DCs, comprising five males and one female, took the oath of office during a ceremony held in the Parish Council chambers in Mandeville,...

Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr. Marc Panton, has declared that an aggressive campaign is to be conducted against praedial thieves, with the Ministry leading the charge. "The value of praedial larceny last year was $5 billion or 6 per cent of the entire agricultural industry," he said, assuring that the Ministry was working assiduously...

Minister of National Security, Senator the Hon. Dwight Nelson, has said that a number of new crime-fighting initiatives are to be introduced in Manchester, immediately. "We are going to be putting in place, with immediate effect, strategies to ensure that you enjoy the rest of the year without worry, and it will continue until Manchester is brought back from the...

A sergeant of police from the St. Catherine South Police Division was arrested on Wednesday last (November 25, 2009) for alleged breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act. The policeman was arrested following a sting operation carried out by the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). It is alleged that on January 29, 2009, the Sergeant of Police...

A praedial larceny co-ordinator is to be appointed within the next four weeks, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, announced Wednesday (November 26). He said that it will be a joint endeavour between his Ministry and the Ministry of National Security, where the co-ordinator will be stationed. The co-ordinator will be supervised by a body comprising representatives...

Chief of Defence Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Major General Stewart Saunders, says the JDF is on its way to being a totally transformed and more capability driven force. Speaking recently at the 17th annual fund-raising banquet of the Toronto chapter of the Jamaica Ex-Soldiers Association (JESA), in Toronto, Canada, Mr. Saunders said that at the end of...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Major Richard Reese, has suggested that beneficiaries of the Ministry's Community Security Initiative (CSI) programme consider pooling their resources together and establishing enterprises, once they have completed the programme. Speaking with beneficiaries of the Ministry's social intervention programme, in the St. Catherine community of March Pen Road, at the Mona Baptist Church...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has indicated that the Government intends to speed up discussions with the Opposition on transforming the police force. Mr. Golding told the House of Representatives on Tuesday (November 3) that, while preliminary discussions have been held between the Government and the Opposition regarding more far-reaching measures to transform the police force, these discussions have...