The 119 emergency number serves as a means through which persons with genuine emergencies can receive urgent assistance. However, the emergency line is being plagued by persons abusing the system...

Six municipal police officers of the Manchester Parish Council were on Tuesday (Nov. 24), sworn in as District Constables (DC) to support the work of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF)...

Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr. Marc Panton, has declared that an aggressive campaign is to be conducted against praedial thieves, with the Ministry leading...

Minister of National Security, Senator the Hon. Dwight Nelson, has said that a number of new crime-fighting initiatives are to be introduced in Manchester, immediately. "We are going to be...

A sergeant of police from the St. Catherine South Police Division was arrested on Wednesday last (November 25, 2009) for alleged breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act. The policeman was...

A praedial larceny co-ordinator is to be appointed within the next four weeks, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, announced Wednesday (November 26). He said that it...

Chief of Defence Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Major General Stewart Saunders, says the JDF is on its way to being a totally transformed and more capability driven...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Major Richard Reese, has suggested that beneficiaries of the Ministry's Community Security Initiative (CSI) programme consider pooling their resources together and establishing...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has indicated that the Government intends to speed up discussions with the Opposition on transforming the police force. Mr. Golding told the House of...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding paid tribute to the staff of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) at their awards dinner on October 27 in Kingston. The Prime Minister...

The Police Service Commission, (PSC) advises, that it has accepted the resignation of Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin as Commissioner of Police, with effect from Friday, 6th November, 2009. The PSC...