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Plans to develop national strategies for stockpile management and periodic weapons destruction in the region, are to get underway soon, following a two-day Firearms Destruction and Stockpile Management Workshop, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in Kingston, from April 28 to 29. Technical advisers from the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the...

Close to 30 youths from inner city communities in Kingston and St. Catherine have improved their employment chances through the Community Security Initiative's (CSI) Employment Readiness Programme, a customer service course. The course is accredited by City & Guilds and aims at improving the employability and customer service skills of the participants. Speaking at the awards ceremony at the Courtleigh...

The Police have resolved some 200 cases during the first week of operation of the Missing Persons Call Centre, according to Director of Communications at the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Mr. Karl Angell. Mr. Angell said that these successes resulted from the 581 cases which have been dealt with by the Centre since being launched on April 19, based on...

Acting Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of National Security, Mr. Vivian Brown, has emphasised Jamaica's commitment to national and regional border security. He said that this has been demonstrated by policy initiatives undertaken by the Ministry, such as consistent performance in drug seizures and nearly 8,500 arrests made in 2009 for drug related offences, which was a 20 per...

The Police Service Commission has confirmed the appointment of Owen Lloyd Ellington as the Commissioner of Police, with effect from April 5. Mr. Ellington was chosen at the conclusion of a recruitment process to select a Commissioner of Police to replace Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin who resigned last November. Mr. Ellington, who had been acting as Commissioner since, is married...

The Police Service Commission is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Owen Lloyd Ellington, C.D., JP, as Commissioner of Police in the Jamaica Constabulary Force, with effect from the 5th April, 2010. Mr. Ellington, 47 years old, is a past student of the Glengoffe High School. He enlisted the Force on the 1st August, 1980 and was appointed to...

Cabinet has approved the procurement of 1,000 protective body-armour vests for the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) at a cost of

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding has suggested that given the evidence of abuse by some police personnel, the use of extraordinary powers could be restricted to senior levels within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). These officers would be subject to stringent oversight and accountability, Mr. Golding explained, as he made his presentation in the 2010/11 Budget Debate in Gordon...

Registrar at the Office of the Children's Registry (OCR), Mrs. Carla Francis Edie, is imploring persons to make a report, once they know or suspect that a child is being abused. She contended that the high number of unreported child abuse cases is resulting in undue suffering for many of the nation's youngsters, and urged individuals to speak out, even...

Canadian High Commissioner, His Excellency Stephen Hallihan, says local authorities have identified legal framework as a key priority for maritime security, as part of a partnership agreement signed between Jamaica and Canada in 2007. He was giving the keynote address on the final day of a two-day Canada-Jamaica Maritime Security Policy Workshop, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, Friday...

Leader of the Opposition, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has noted that Jamaicans need to work together to find new approaches to fight the social issue of crime that is affecting the country. Mrs. Simpson Miller, who was speaking in the 2010/11 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives Thursday (April 15), assured the Government of the Opposition's cooperation...

Minister of National Security, Senator Dwight Nelson, says there is a need for "hard policing tactics" in dealing with crime and violence in the Jamaican society, but that these tactics must be complemented with softer approaches. He said that, although some stakeholders in the society, invariably, question the strategies employed by the police to reduce crime and violence and decry,...