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The CARICOM Council of Ministers responsible for national security and law enforcement, has introduced mechanisms to effect a reduction in crime levels and an enhanced capacity among member states, to treat with the issues of crime, violence and public security. This was disclosed by Minister of National Security, Senator Colonel Trevor MacMillan, at the opening ceremony for the Third Inter-American...

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator Arthur Williams, has said that the launch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force's (JCF) 1-800-CORRUPT Toll Free Line is intended to strengthen the partnership between the Government and citizens, in an effort to arrest the problem of corruption occurring in sections of the public service. Speaking at the official launch of...

The Jamaica Military Aviation School (JMAS), today (Jan.17), graduated its first batch of students, during a ceremony held at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Air Wing Manley Base Hanger at the Norman Manley International Airport Airport. The students who graduated are: Lieutenants Victor Dawkins, Osmar Fiddler, and Melecia Sinclair, and they were commended on their achievements by guest speaker, National...

Minister of National Security, Senator the Hon. Col. Trevor MacMillan has congratulated the first set of graduates from the Jamaica Military Aviation School, JMAS. Addressing the three graduates this morning at the ceremony at the JDF Air Wing Manley Base, at the Norman Manley International Airport, Minister MacMillan reminded them that have chosen a profession that can be both rewarding...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), will launch its highly anticipated anti-corruption toll free line on Sunday, January 18. Minister of National security, Senator Colonel Trevor McMillan had referred to the anti-corruption line during his National Broadcast on Sunday, December 7 last year. "With regards to the issue of corruption, the Anti-Corruption Branch of the JCF in partnership with Crime Stoppers...

Commissioner of Police, Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin, announced yesterday (Jan.13) that the contract for Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), in charge of Crime, Mark Shields, has been extended for three months. "At my request, the Police Services Commission has extended the current contract of DCP Shields for three months," Commissioner Lewin stated at a press conference held at the Police...

Commissioner of Police, Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin has said that the Jamaica Constabulary Force's (JCF) major focus for 2009 will be to reduce murders by at least five per cent. "We intend and we are projecting for this year a decrease in murder of at least five per cent. Other criminal activities may pose some challenge but we do anticipate...

The murder rate in Kingston and St. Andrew fell by 12 per cent in 2008, compared with an increase of two per cent for the country as a whole. This announcement was made by Commissioner of Police, Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin, at a press conference today (Jan 13) at the Police Officer's Club in Kingston. "The provisional crime statistics for...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding and National Security Minister, Derrick Smith, are scheduled to meet with key police and military personnel on (Sept. 24), to discuss efforts to deal with crime and the growing incidences of alleged police abuse. The National Security Minister, who spoke to journalists on Friday (Sept. 21) following a graduation ceremony for 58 Caribbean law enforcement officers...

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...