Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, says the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has activated its emergency powers and has called in the...

The United States (US) Government has pledged to provide the Ministry of National Security with a number of non-lethal equipment to assist the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) in its efforts...

Justice Minister, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding, said he is exploring the possibility of establishing a compensation fund to assist victims of crime and violence, where such intervention by the...

The United States (US) government has donated vehicles and protective gear valued at approximately $64 million to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to boost its crime fighting efforts. Minister of...

Licensed firearm holders are being reminded that weapons left in the care of the police over a protracted period, will be destroyed. The reminder came from the Minister of National...

To combat the illegal trade of firearms, approximately 4,000 weapons and about half ton of small arms ammunition are to be destroyed during a disposal exercise starting Tuesday Feb. 7....

The Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) is putting more measures in place to eliminate the silence of child abuse. Several initiatives will be rolled out this year, as the...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Dianne McIntosh, says there has been an increase in the number of victims of human trafficking, who have been rescued. “In addition,...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, says the Ministry will be seeking to improve the delivery of service in all its agencies, through the establishment of standards and benchmarks....

The Ministry of National Security will be seeking to strengthen the legislative environment, to ensure law enforcement agencies are able to directly tackle current and emerging forms of criminality. To...

Jamaica's effort at solving crime and reducing the number of unsolved cases has been boosted with the donation of equipment valued at US$250,000 by the United States (US), to the...