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Another good one by the Jamaica Observer’s cartoonist – Clovis. This time he pokes fun at the well-known dislike that retired (and also controversial) Superintendent of Police Reneto Adams is said to have had for DCP Mark Shields. It was recently announced that Shields will not be renewing his contract with the Constabulary Force in [...]

Four commemorative services were held simultaneously across the island yesterday, as the nineteen policemen and one policewoman who have been killed in the line of duty between December 2007 and November 2008 were remembered. The services were held in the parishes of St. Andrew, Westmoreland, St. Mary and Clarendon. In the service that took place [...]

POLICE Commissioner Hardley Lewin yesterday issued a statement through the police’s information arm – the Constabulary Communication Network – thanking outgoing Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mark Shields, for his service to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). Shields has reportedly rejected the one-year contract renewal that was offered to him recently, and will depart in February [...]

District Constable Sylford Williams was yesterday acquitted of murder in the Home Circuit Court, but the jurors were unable to reach a verdict in relation to two of his colleagues who were co-accused of the murder. The details of this murder trial were previously mentioned here. It is important to note also that this trial [...]

We’d normally file Clovis’ police-related cartoons under "Humor", but for his cartoon in today’s Jamaica Observer newspaper, we have filed it under "Abuse". It highlights Jamaica’s violent society, with domestic violence, school violence, shootings and abuse / kidnappings etc. (by police and others) being the most critical threats.