The Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JDF) Daredevil Riders enthralled patrons with various stunts at the Jamaica Defence Force’s (JDF) 60th Anniversary show held at Up Park Camp in Kingston recently.

The House of Representatives recently approved the report and recommendations of the Joint Select Committee on the Firearms (Prohibition, Restriction and Regulation) Act (2022). The Report outlines the recommended changes to the Bill, following the review and deliberations of the Joint Select Committee. “Having regard to the number of amendments, it is proposed that the original Bill that was tabled...

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Zavia Mayne, says inmates’ participation in rehabilitation programmes in correctional facilities should be mandatory. Minister Mayne made the comments while delivering the keynote address at the recent Passing Out Parade for the 82nd Intake of Correctional Officers last Friday (July 22). Minister Mayne said although the Department of Correctional Services is...

There was an increase in the number of calls to Crime Stop from 679 in 2020, to 685 in 2021. An analysis of calls received showed that 28 per cent was in relation to illegal firearms and ammunition; 24.7 per cent for gunmen; 6.7 per cent for wanted persons; 6.1 per cent, drug-related; 5.5 per cent for lottery scamming; and...

The National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons (NATFATIP), will be hosting a series of activities during Trafficking in Persons Week, to be observed from July 24 to 30. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank on July 25, Manager of the Trafficking in Persons Secretariat at the Ministry of National Security, Audrey Budhi, said the aim of the activities is...

The Government will be taking a zero-tolerance approach to the smuggling of contraband into prison facilities, says Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne. Mr. Mayne, who was delivering the main address at the Passing Out Parade for the 82nd Intake of Correctional Officers, at the Carl Rattray Staff College in Runaway Bay, St. Ann,...

Jamaica will continue to build its capacity to tackle gender-based violence, says Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne. Addressing day one of a five-day workshop of the Regional Knowledge Exchange on Operational Command of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in the Caribbean, at the AC Marriot Hotel, on July 18, Mr. Mayne said the workshop would...