Minister of National Security, Senator the Hon. Dwight Nelson, has said that the Ministry, through the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), will be vigorously pursuing alternatives to incarceration this year....

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is crediting its close collaboration with the Customs Department for the seizure of 12 guns and 730 assorted rounds of ammunition at Port Bustamante in...

Acting Commissioner of Police, Owen Ellington has heaped praise on the Contraband Enforcement Team (CET ), Customs and Police and members of the Transnational Crime and Narcotics Division (TCND) following...

Jamaica has no immediate plans to implement the use of the millimeter wave machine, used for electronic body scanning, at the nation's airports. Director of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is planning to increase personnel by 800 recruits this year. This would increase the size of the JCF to 9,200, and police complement to 13,000,...

If it is one advice that juvenile offender Damien Jackson* has for the country's young men, to turn them away from a life of crime, it is for them to...

The police have reported a 10 per cent increase in operational activities for 2009, with raids leading the way. Providing the figures at a press briefing at the Police Officers'...

The Ministry of Health has issued a release advising the public that no crisis is impending at the Spanish Town Hospital, with the expiration of contracts of Senior House Officers....

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is urging Jamaicans to take extra precautions during the hectic Christmas season. In a pamphlet, 'Safety During the Holidays', recently published by the JCF, supported...

The Cybercrimes Act, with sanctions for the misuse of computer systems or data and to facilitate investigation and prosecution of such crimes, was passed on Friday (December18) in the Senate....

Twenty- three graduates from Jamaica, Barbados and Montserrat, who participated in a narcotics investigation course at the Regional Drug Law Enforcement Training Centre (REDTRAC) in St. Catherine, have been warned...