Policeman Charged With Wife’s Murder
Constable Raymond Campbell, who was formerly attached to the St James Police Division, was charged yesterday with the murder of his wife, Kerry-Ann Brown-Campbell, who went missing in August 2007, and whose burnt remains were found in Belmont, St. James several days after she had gone missing. Officially, he has been charged with murder and [...]
November 29 in Jamaican Police History
November 29, 2007 – Assistant Commissioner Gilbert Kameka becomes the highest ranked police officer to be slain in Jamaica, when he was attacked and shot at premises in the quiet rural St. Andrew community of Irish Town. His firearm was stolen during the incident. Three men are currently being tried for his murder.
The JCF Launches Street Beat
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) recently launched “Street Beat”, a special feature (seen first today – Friday, November 28, 2008 in the Gleaner newspaper) provided by the JCF that aims to make Jamaicans aware of the JCF’s activities and strategies. It is also intended to build police-citizen relations. Here are the topics covered in the [...]
Policemen Granted Bail – Charged with Murder of Deejay’s Son
The two policemen – Constable Andre Hare and Corporal Audley Lawrence – who are charged with the murder of the son of a popular dancehall deejay – Spragga Benz – were yesterday granted bail in the sum of J$300,000 each when they appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court. A third policeman who is [...]
November 27 in Jamaican Police History
November 27, 1971 – a police corporal attached to the Linstead Police Station in St. Catherine, flees from a church in St. Ann’s Bay, when his common-law-wife interrupts his wedding. He was about to be married to a clerk from the district of Bamboo. The common-law-wife claims that she is the mother of his two [...]