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Ask most Jamaicans what comes to mind when they hear the name "National Reserves", and they will likely tell you, "soldiers who respond at beck and call." But, there is much more to them than being the reserve arm of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) or, more specifically, the 3rd Battalion Jamaica Regiment. Although a reserve unit, the once all-male...

An anti-gang strategy is being developed by the Ministry of National Security to deal with criminal gangs in Jamaica, says Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Major Richard Reese. He was speaking at the graduation ceremony of the Introduction to Financial Investigation and Junior Command Narcotics Investigation courses, today (March 20) at the Caribbean Regional Drug Law Enforcement Training Centre (REDTRAC),...

Two Jamaican policemen created history today (March 18) when they became the first two crime-fighters from the region to be accredited by the United States based-International Crime Scene Investigators Association. They are Forensic Crime Scene Investigators, Detective Inspectors Cecil J. Clarke and Lloyd L. Crawford. Executive Director of the International Crime Scene Investigators Association, Hayden Baldwin, in presenting the certificates...

Director for Policy and Research at the Bureau of Women's Affairs (BWA), Jennifer Williams, has advised women, who were being sexually harassed in the workplace to report such cases. "Object immediately and clearly if you are being sexually harassed. Report it, put it in writing and where necessary, keep records in terms of date, time, place, and details of the...

Director of the Road Safety Unit, Kenute Hare, is appealing to motorists and other road users to exercise increased safety in the traffic environment, in order to reduce the number of pedestrians who are being mowed down on the nation's roads. This call follows the Unit's March 2009 Traffic Crash Report, which shows pedestrian fatalities accounting for 32 per cent...

The Department of Correctional Services on Tuesday (March 17) launched its Inmates Work Programme 2009, with a two-day clean up in Portmore, St. Catherine. The project, the 19th since the programme began, took place at the border between the Portmore Pines and Silverstone communities, which also borders the Silverstone Basic School. It is expected to cost about one-fifth of open...

State Minister in the Ministry of National Security, Senator Arthur Williams, has said that the Government will be placing increased emphasis on community policing as an important strategy in creating a modernised security force and addressing crime and violence. "Everyone in the police services in Jamaica is going to have to buy-in to the concept of community policing, as that...

Executive Director of the Broadcasting Commission, Cordell Green, has urged the corporate community to refrain from investing in that which "keeps Jamaica entrenched in a state of decadence." "I say to our business leaders, do not allow the pursuit of profit and the imperatives of marketing to cause you to support a vortex of unbridled sex, violence and profanity on...

Minister of National Security, Senator Colonel Trevor MacMillan, today (March 13) signed a US$1.4 million contract with Motorola Inc., for the provision of additional radios and accessories for the Jamaica Constabulary Force and the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF). Cabinet approved the acquisition earlier this month, which is expected to boost the inter-communication capability among the security forces, to improve operational...

Lieutenant Colonel David Cummings of the Jamaica Defence Force's (JDF) Strategy, Policy, Plans and Transformation Unit has said that a transformed JDF could significantly enhance Jamaica's national security. "A transformed JDF will add much value to Jamaica's national security landscape, by delivering modern, flexible and capable forces to meet the evolving threats in the new strategic environment," Lt. Colonel Cummings...

Forty one retired senior police officers who were today (March 11) feted at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, are being urged to find ways to contribute to nation-building. The suggestion came from both National Security Minister, Colonel Trevor MacMillan, and former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson. Colonel MacMillan referred to what he described as the complex social conditions that made the tasks...

Superintendent of Police for Manchester, Ryland Salmon, has said that the close collaboration among community groups, citizens, and the police over the past three months, was yielding results, with the capture of many wrongdoers. "It is clear to us that our community-based policing is working in certain critical communities and that our work is producing results where we have recovered...