Policeman Believed To Have Drowned In The Rio Cobre
A police Corporal from the Constant Spring Police Station in the Area 5 Division, is believed to have drowned in the Rio Cobre river early this morning. According to reports, the policeman was among a team of police who were chasing alleged gunmen in the Gordon Pen area of St. Catherine.
They were reportedly running along the western bank of a section of the Rio Cobre (which runs through Gordon Pen), when the river bank crumbled and two policemen fell into the water. One policeman was rescued by residents, however the other disappeared underwater before help could reach him.
A major search involving police personnel, members of the Jamaica Defence Force and civilians has since been launched to find the missing policeman, and also to capture the gunmen who are still at large.
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Wall Of Honour To Be Erected In Honour Of Fallen Police
Speaking yesterday, during the Jamaica Police Federation’s conference at the Sunset Jamaica Grande Resort in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, Minister of National Security Dwight Nelson announced plans to erect a Wall of Honour for all the police men and women who have been killed in the line of duty.
According to Nelson, cops killed in the line of duty should be given a national honour for gallantry, and “… as soon as the logistics are examined I promise you this wall will be erected so that the country can honour these brave men and women each year.”
I Remember Sheldon Williams
Letter to the Jamaica Gleaner editor – Wednesday, September 1, 2010
From: Member of Graduating Class of 2003 (damantoine@yahoo.com)
Re: I Remember Sheldon Williams
The Editor, Sir
I REMEMBER Sheldon Williams, my classmate, running, kicking the football, having lunch under a mango tree at St Mary High in Highgate. We spoke about life now and then, but more so about how much of a troublemaker he was in class. We spoke about making it ‘big’. Unfortunately, he made it big. He made the headlines as a victim of the same unit he loved, protected and served .. more here
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81 Male Police Constables Graduate
81 male constables were added to the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s complement yesterday, and participated in a passing-out parade at the Jamaica Police Academy in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine. The Reverend Dr Stevenson Samuels, chaplain of the University of the West Indies, addressed the graduates in yesterday’s passing-out ceremony, and challenged the graduates to stand for principles, values, honesty and truth, and to practice good policing.
Tags : Police Graduates, police recruits
Gleaner Feature On Sergeant Nicholas Charlton’s Work In Tivoli
Today’s Gleaner newspaper, has an extensive feature about the work being done by Sergeant Nicholas Charlton in the community of Tivoli Gardens.
It may have been Prime Minister Bruce Golding hosting a fun day for the children of Tivoli Gardens, west Kingston, but the real rock star at the event was police Sergeant Nicholas Charlton … Charlton, a father of two children of his own, said the Tivoli Gardens children have grown attached to him over the past three months … more here
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