Commissioner of Police, Dr. Kevin Blake, is welcoming the significant decline in murders, noting that 2025 will be remembered as a year in which hundreds of lives were saved and violent crime was significantly reduced. “Murders are down by 43 per cent nationally. As of December 20, Jamaica has recorded 649 murders, representing 487 fewer murders than the same period...

Children’s Advocate and National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Diahann Gordon Harrison, says that women are gradually assuming a more dominant role in human trafficking. She noted that while men are predominantly identified as the main perpetrators, women are “appearing as traffickers themselves or as very significant players within the human-trafficking syndicate or organisation”. “They assist with the recruitment and...

Commissioner of Police, Dr. Kevin Blake, is urging members of the public, particularly those engaged in criminal activities, to comply with the police instructions. Dr. Blake acknowledged that this year there has been considerable public discussion surrounding police fatal shootings. “While these incidents remain the subject of ongoing investigations, it is important to place the issue in its proper context....

Members of the public are urged to limit the amount of cash carried, plan shopping activities carefully, and take proactive measures to safeguard children throughout the busy Christmas holiday period. This advice was issued by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) with responsibility for the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) Strategic Operations Portfolio and Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB), Dr....

Motorists are being urged to exercise heightened vigilance in the management and safekeeping of their vehicles. This urging comes from Assistant Commissioner of Police, Dr. Gary McKenzie, who is assigned to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Strategic Operations Portfolio and its Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB). “One of the things that we note is that a lot of...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is offering escort services for persons who wish to deliver relief supplies to communities impacted by Hurricane Melissa in the western end of the island. At a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank, Head of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB), Assistant Commissioner of Police, Dr. Gary McKenzie, said the service is...

Government Senator, Hon. Abka Fitz Henley, says the progress made in crime fighting, with the country on course to achieve a 30-year low in murders, is evidence of Government’s commitment to creating a safer and more secure country. He said that the Administration, in partnership with the security forces, will not relent in going after criminals. “Let the message [resonate]...