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Minister of National Security, Derrick Smith, has said that the government will be intensifying the fight against the illicit drug trade. "A change of administration does not in any way mean a change of course in relation to the country's fight against the narcotics trade. In fact, what it means is full speed ahead against the drug traffickers and all...

Minister of National Security, Dr. Peter Phillips, has said that several vulnerable communities are expected to benefit from social intervention programmes, aimed at improving safety and security. Opening the 2006/07 Sectoral Debate in Gordon House on May 30, Dr. Phillips explained that these programmes of social intervention sought to ensure that after the criminal elites in vulnerable communities were brought...

National Security Minister, Dr. Peter Phillips has announced that the government would be spending some $350 million during the course of this fiscal year, to enhance the technical capabilities of the security forces' intelligence services. This he said would be done through the acquisition of sophisticated and current technologies. Dr. Phillips, who was opening the 2006/07 Sectoral Debate in Gordon...

Minister of National Security, Dr. Peter Phillips has called for the restoration of the family as the key ingredient in ensuring safe communities. Dr. Phillips, who opened the 2006/07 Sectoral Debate in Gordon House on Tuesday (May 31), noted that, "the major cause of social disarray in our communities is the present state of our families and specifically the virtual...

As part of its thrust to tackle criminal activities across the country, the Ministry of National Security has embarked on a series of parish consultations to hear the security concerns of residents at the local level. The initiative, called the Parish Crime Prevention Programme (PCPP), has already been launched in Clarendon, St. Elizabeth, St. James, Manchester and Portmore and Spanish...

The government has concluded its negotiations with the bargaining units of the police force, with yesterday's (Nov. 29) signing of the heads of agreement with the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF), for the 2004/06 financial period. The deal, which is similar to that accorded to the members of the Police Federation, the United District Constables Association and the Police Officers...

By the end of November 2005, state-of-the-art crime fighting technology, in the form of the Integrated Ballistic Identification System (IBIS), will be a part of the Jamaica Constabulary Force's arsenal. The announcement was made on Friday (Oct. 28) by Minister of National Security, Dr. Peter Phillips, at a signing ceremony for the equipment, held at the Ministry's New Kingston offices....

Minister of National Security, Dr. Peter Phillips, has called on Jamaicans, to place focus on protecting the family unit, as the government continued to bring awareness to and fight against the increasingly dangerous phenomena of human trafficking. Speaking at a public forum entitled: 'Trafficking in Persons- Get Slick, Don't Get Tricked' at Emancipation Park yesterday (August 30), Minister Phillips noted...

The country's Witness Protection Programme is a solid and effective one, where those who opt to go into the programme are assured of a standard of living similar to or in some instances better than that which they enjoyed prior to entering the programme. Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB), George Williams tells JIS...

Commissioner of Police, Lucius Thomas, has said that preliminary work was being carried out for the establishment of a 20-man police station in the Farm Heights area of St. James. "We have done our surveys, we have done our work and the documentation is in. It is recommended that we put in a 20-man station. I will meet with the...

Cabinet has approved US$883,800 for the procurement of 1,000 new bulletproof vests, 400 replacement vests and 600 helmets for members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). This was announced by Prime Minister P.J. Patterson at a post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House on June 27. Mr. Patterson said that due to the fact that these items were sensitive to...

Minister of National Security, Dr. Peter Phillips has called for cooperation between citizens and the security forces to fight crime and public disorder in the society. "Unless the citizens have trust in the security forces and until the security forces have respect for its citizens and the two are able to come together as one, it would not be possible...