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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...

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...