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New Head of the St. Catherine-based Guanaboa Vale police station, in St. Catherine, Sergeant Navelette Davis-Leachman, addresses the station’s Social Action Day, on April 26.
New Head of the St. Catherine-based Guanaboa Vale police station, in St. Catherine, Sergeant Navelette Davis-Leachman, addresses the station’s Social Action Day, on April 26.

Guanaboa Vale Police Seizing Motorcycles and Prosecuting Motorists

The Guanaboa Vale Police in St. Catherine West Central are steadily seizing motorcycles and prosecuting motorists for not having driver’s licences and insurance, according to new Head of the station, Sergeant Navelette Davis-Leachman. Speaking at the station’s Social Action Day...
Sub-Officer in Charge of the JamaicaEye St. Catherine Monitor Centre, Corporal Johnoy Forrest, speaks during the Guanaboa Vale Police Social Action Day event in St. Catherine on Friday (April 26).
Sub-Officer in Charge of the JamaicaEye St. Catherine Monitor Centre, Corporal Johnoy Forrest, speaks during the Guanaboa Vale Police Social Action Day event in St. Catherine on Friday (April 26).

JamaicaEye Aids Police in Denting Motor Vehicle Thefts in Spanish Town
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, addresses the Realtors Association of Jamaica’s International Real Estate Conference and Homeowners’ Expo 2024 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James, on Friday, April 19.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, addresses the Realtors Association of Jamaica’s International Real Estate Conference and Homeowners’ Expo 2024 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James, on Friday, April 19.

Gov’t Committed to Ensuring Safe Environment for Real Estate Investments – Dr. Chang
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with oversight for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator the Hon. Dr. Dana Morris Dixon (centre), and Organization of American States (OAS) Country Representative, Jeanelle Van Glaanen Weygel (fifth right), share a moment with top awardees in ‘SheSecures Jamaica’ National Cybersecurity Competition held on April 18 at Jamaica House.
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with oversight for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator the Hon. Dr. Dana Morris Dixon (centre), and Organization of American States (OAS) Country Representative, Jeanelle Van Glaanen Weygel (fifth right), share a moment with top awardees in ‘SheSecures Jamaica’ National Cybersecurity Competition held on April 18 at Jamaica House.

JDF Cops Inaugural All-Female Cybersecurity Competition
Twelve new motor vehicles valued at approximately $97.5 million, have been commissioned into service to enhance the service delivery of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS). The ceremony held on April 19 at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre in Kingston.
Twelve new motor vehicles valued at approximately $97.5 million, have been commissioned into service to enhance the service delivery of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS). The ceremony held on April 19 at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre in Kingston.

Department of Correctional Services Gets 12 New Vehicles

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National SecurityPress Release

Defence Board Promotes Chief of Defence Staff and Other Senior Officers

Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss Gorman, has been promoted to Vice Admiral (Lieutenant General) and three Colonels have been promoted to Brigadier, effective May 10 2024, following approval from the Defence Board. Rear Admiral Wemyss Gorman was appointed CDS on January 21 2022. Her career spans 32 years at various command levels. As CDS, she has...
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Head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB), Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Gary McKenzie.
National Security

Drivers Urged to Observe and Stop at Pedestrian Crossings

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is urging the motoring public to follow the rules of the Road Traffic Act, as it regards to pedestrian crossings. Head of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB), Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Gary McKenzie explained that the Police continue to have challenges with motorists and pedestrian crossings. “The offence is failing to...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (second left), converses with Gerald McDermott (third left), the only male from the Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA) who, along with 16 women, participated in an investigative training course at the National Police College of Jamaica in St. Catherine. Occasion was the graduation ceremony on April 17. Others (from left) are Principal Director in the Ministry, Sharon Coburn Robinson, and Detective Superintendent of Police with the Department of Criminal Investigation Training (D-CIT), Carl Berry.
Gender AffairsNational Security

Investigative Capacity of BGA Strengthened

The investigative capacity of the Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA) has been strengthened, following the training of 18 personnel from the agency at the National Police College of Jamaica, at Twickenham Park in St. Catherine. Participants who took part in the Sexual Harassment Training Course, which was done in conjunction with the Department of Criminal Investigation Training (D-CIT), were exposed...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, in discussion with Senior Policy Advisor, United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), Jason Francis, during Tuesday’s (April 16) opening ceremony for the firearms marking workshop at the Institute of Forensic Science and Legal Medicine offices in St. Andrew.
National Security

Gov’t Maintaining Thrust to Stem Illicit Guns and Ammunition Flow

The Government continues to undertake a coordinated and comprehensive approach to stem the flow of illicit firearms and ammunition into Jamaica. Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, reiterated the Administration’s commitment during a firearms marking workshop at the Institute of Forensic Science and Legal Medicine in St. Andrew on Tuesday (April 16). “The illicit...
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Head of the Special Projects Department at the National Police College of Jamaica, at Twickenham Park, St. Catherine, Sergeant Shermaine Hassock, speaks to JIS News in an interview.
National Security

Several Police Stations Utilising SRMS

Approximately 22 police stations across the island are now utilising the Station Records Management System (SRMS), allowing citizens to make real-time reports to the police. The system helps in the reduction of time to make applications for certain permits. It was designed and introduced to organise police data in electronic format, and to facilitate electronic recording of reports, complaints, and...
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Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, addresses the University of Technology (UTech), Western Jamaica Campus Business Conference, held at Sandals Montego Bay in St. James, on April 11.
National Security

Digitised Traffic Ticketing System Working Very Well – Dr. Chang

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says the new digitised traffic ticketing system “is working very well”, with the Police issuing more tickets than before. Addressing the University of Technology (UTech), Western Jamaica Campus Business Conference, at Sandals Montego Bay in St. James, on April 11, Dr. Chang said that since January of this year, the police have...
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