Technology Boost for JCF’s Station Records and Case Management Systems
By: , July 21, 2023
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (second left), examines one of several computers, valued US$700,000, that were acquired for the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) under the National Security Ministry’s Security Strengthening Project (SSP). The computers were funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Others (from left) are Senior Superintendent of Police Aaron Fletcher; Permanent Secretary in the National Security Ministry, Ambassador Alison Stone Roofe, and Police Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson. The handover ceremony was held at the National Police College of Jamaica (NPCJ) in St. Catherine on Wednesday (July 19).
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Minister of National Security, Hon Dr. Horace Chang (second right) and Police Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson (right), observe as Constable Oshane McKenzie (seated) demonstrates the features of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) upgraded Case Management System. Others (from left) are Senior Superintendent of Police Aaron Fletcher, Sergeant Shermaine Hassack and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Ambassador Alison Stone Roofe. Computers valued US$700,000 were handed over to the JCF for the enhancement of the Station Records and Case Management Systems during a ceremony at the National Police College of Jamaica (NPCJ) on Wednesday (July 19).
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Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) recruits carry several of the computers, valued US$700,000, that were acquired for the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) under the Ministry of National Security’s Security Strengthening Project (SSP) with Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) funding support. The equipment were handed over during a ceremony at the National Police College of Jamaica (NPCJ) in St. Catherine on Wednesday (July 19).The Full Story
Training for and expansion of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Station Records and Case Management Systems will be enhanced technologically following the handover of computers valued at US$700,000.
The equipment was procured under the National Security Ministry’s Security Strengthening Project (SSP) which is funded by an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) loan.
These were handed over during a ceremony at the National Police College of Jamaica (NPCJ) in St. Catherine on Wednesday (July 19).
The investment will facilitate expanded training for recruits and current employees within the Force by incorporating the latest technology and methodologies.
Features of the enhanced systems include electronic logging of reports from citizens and providing a receipt via email.
Investigators will also be able to link previous case files to current ones.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, welcomed the investment while presenting the keynote address.
He said digitisation allows police officers to “access information, communicate, collaborate and respond to the challenges of today’s complex crime landscape more effectively”.
“I wish to reiterate that our digital transformation and modernisation efforts must be interconnected in order for them to make practical sense, be sustainable, and benefit the public,” Dr. Chang further indicated.
He said it is against this backdrop that the Ministry launched Project Rebuild, Overhaul and Construct (ROC) in 2020.
Under the initiative, police stations are being rehabilitated and constructed into appropriate modern professional workspaces.
“To date, we have impacted over 150 of the police facilities across the island,” Dr. Chang informed.
For his part, Police Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson, disclosed that one of the JCF’s strategic objectives under its ISO 9001:2015 certification regime, is to support up to 70 per cent of its activities with technology.
“We’re just going through an audit period now and we’re at 72 per cent. So we’re actually over where we would hope to be at this time, in terms of technology,” he informed.
General Anderson advised stakeholders that the pace of rolling out relevant technologies will be increased as the Force examines “new ways of linking our sites”.
“Technology advancements have opened new opportunities for connectivity across the country, and so we’ll be leveraging that [to] help create a connected [policing] ecosystem,” the Commissioner stated.
Meanwhile, the IDB’s Senior Modernisation of the State Specialist, Benjamin Roseth, said the Bank remains “happy to support the project… the overall institutional strengthening and technological organisation of the JCF”.
“The handover of this equipment is [for] what you (police officers) will do as you progress in your career and the good work you will do for the women and men of Jamaica,” he stated.
The main objectives of the Security Strengthening Project are to boost the law-enforcement investigative capacity to deal with serious crimes and train police officers in the use of technology in crime and public order management.