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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses a press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister on Wednesday (December 28) to announce States of Public Emergency (SOEs) in several parishes islandwide.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses a press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister on Wednesday (December 28) to announce States of Public Emergency (SOEs) in several parishes islandwide.

States of Public Emergency Declared in Eight Parishes

States of Public Emergency (SOEs) are now in effect in eight parishes islandwide. These have been declared in St. Ann, Clarendon, St. Catherine, Kingston, St. Andrew, St. James, Westmoreland, and Hanover and are intended to curtail increased criminal activities and...
Head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) Corporate Communications Unit (CCU), Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Stephanie Lindsay.
Head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) Corporate Communications Unit (CCU), Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Stephanie Lindsay.

Additional Police Officers Deployed to Patrol Streets During Christmas
Head, Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Corporate Communications Unit, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Stephanie Lindsay.
Head, Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Corporate Communications Unit, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Stephanie Lindsay.

Police Urge Caution During Christmas
Head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Corporate Communications Unit, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Stephanie Lindsay, speaking in an interview with JIS News.
Head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Corporate Communications Unit, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Stephanie Lindsay, speaking in an interview with JIS News.

Be Careful When Partying Over the Festive Season
Prime Minister, the Most Hon Andrew Holness.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon Andrew Holness.

Gov’t Offering Rewards for Information on Crimes Being Planned During Christmas

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Police Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson.
National Security

JCF Welfare Unit Fulfilling Members’ Needs

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Welfare Unit has been fulfilling the needs of its members since being established in 2018, according to Police Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson. “Some of them who have been injured on the job for years, we have gotten the necessary medical attention for them, for those who can, to be back on the road to...
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Passport Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) ‘Access Jamaica’ promotional flyer.
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PICA Taking ‘Access Jamaica’ Initiative to Atlanta

Jamaicans living in and near Atlanta, Georgia in the United States are set to benefit from a suite of services offered by the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) through its ‘Access Jamaica’ initiative. PICA representatives and key partners, including the Registrar General’s Department (RGD), will be at the Exchange Park Recreation Centre located at 2771 Columbia Drive, Decatur, Georgia,...
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Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA), Director General, Colonel Desmond Edwards (right), makes a point during the launch of 888-MOCA TIP, Jamaica’s first anti-corruption tip line, at MOCA’s Oxford Road headquarters in Kingston on Friday (December 9). Looking on is Chairperson, National Crime Prevention Fund, Sandra Glasgow.
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Jamaica’s First Anti-Corruption Tip Line Launched

Jamaicans are being encouraged to report corrupt public officials and high-level criminals by utilising the new tip line established by the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) in partnership with Crime Stop. The country’s first anti-corruption tip line, 888-MOCA TIP, was officially launched during a press conference at MOCA’s Oxford Road headquarters in Kingston on Friday (December 9) to...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), along with Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson (second right), participates in a meeting in Washington DC on December 8 involving senior United States Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials and other stakeholders, to discuss tackling organised crime and illegal guns.
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Jamaica Targets US-Based Crime Enablers

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has called on the assistance of the United States (US) in identifying and prosecuting individuals who fund criminal operations in Jamaica. “We intend to use the relationship to try and tackle a part of the problem for which we have no reach, and that is the Jamaicans who have migrated to the United...
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Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, addressing a press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister on Tuesday (December 6), where Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, announced States of Public Emergency (SOEs) in several parishes and police divisions islandwide.
National Security

SOEs Work!

The States of Public Emergency (SOE) have been hailed as an effective crime-fighting tool by Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson. He noted that the enhanced security measures have an immediate impact on the reduction of homicides. The Police Commissioner said that the seven parishes across the island, where SOEs were in effect from November 15 to 29, recorded...
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Commanding Officer, St. Elizabeth Police Division, Superintendent Kenneth Chin.
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Police Develop Strategies to Combat Crime in St. Elizabeth

Residents and other stakeholders in St. Elizabeth are being assured by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) that plans and strategies have been developed to better police the Division. This, against the background of the parish recording an uptick in most major crimes, to date, this year compared to the corresponding period in 2021, Commanding Officer, Superintendent Kenneth Chin, has said....
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaking at a press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister on December 6 , where he announced the declaration of States of Public Emergency (SOE) in several parishes and police divisions islandwide.
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PM Dispels Notion of Indefinite Detentions Under SOE

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says there is no truth to the notion that persons can be detained indefinitely under the State of Public Emergency (SOE). “Nothing could be further from the truth. Under the emergency powers regulations now in place, the Emergency Powers Review Tribunal – chaired by members appointed by the Chief Justice of Jamaica from...
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