Woman Says Police Broke Her Arm
Karlene Spencer, an artist, was reportedly in tears on radio yesterday, as she recounted as she recounted an incident of maltreatment and abuse by a group of police personnel who reportedly broke her arm in the process.
Her ordeal reportedly began at minutes after 9 p.m. on Sunday, when two vehicles with police personnel stopped at [...]
More Cartoon Humor About Moonlighting Police
More humor from the Jamaica Observer’s cartoonist – Clovis – today, as he makes a policeman who’s moonlighting as a bus driver / owner the side point of this cartoon, with the main point being that the Jamaica Urban Transit Corporation recently announced its intention to take back routes that it had previously leased/passed on [...]
3 Policemen to be Charged for Death of Deejay’s Son
Three policemen from the Kingston Central Police Station are to be charged in connection with the shooting death of dancehall deejay Spragga Benz’s son (Carlton Grant Jr.) in August of this year. Two are to be charged with murder, and the third is to be charged with assault. The Director of Public Prosecutions, Paula Llewellyn, [...]
Jamaica Police Must Work
Letter to the Jamaica Gleaner editor – Monday, November 24, 2008
By userl8701@aol.com
On the need for the Jamaican police to start working seriously
Dear Editor,
The police kill several criminals per year. More than would normally be hung in any calendar year when hanging was in its heyday, yet it has not deterred others from picking up the [...]
Jamaican Police to Get Armoured Vehicles
Jamaica’s police force and its crime-fighting efforts are expected to get a boost, with the expected arrival of 12 armoured vehicles by July 2009.
Senator Dwight Nelson (Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance & the Public Service) announced recently that cabinet has approved the purchase of the armoured vehicles at a cost of US$3,303,510, [...]