Police Vehicle Needed in Balaclava
Everton Fisher, PNP Councillor for the Balaclava Division of North East St. Elizabeth, has reportedly written to the Ministry of National Security, urging that the single broken down motor vehicle for that Division be replaced as soon as possible.
Police personnel at the Balaclava Police Station have been without use of the vehicle for some time [...]
Retired Crimefighter Reneto Adams to Run For the PNP?
It’s rumored that retired (and somewhat controversial) no-nonsense senior superintendent of Police, Reneto Adams, is contemplating a run for caretaker in the South West St. Elizabeth constituency on the opposition People’s National Party’s ticket. It was vacated last year by the Reverend Stanley Redwood who was defeated in the 2007 general elections by the JLP’s [...]
Policeman Arrested For Soliciting Money
A 36 year old police constable from the Half-Way-Tree police station was arrested yesterday on reasonable suspicion for breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act.
It’s reported that at about 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, the constable solicited the sum of J$20,000 for the release of a prisoner who was in custody. He subsequently accepted J$5,000 when the [...]
State of the art Video Identification System Launched
Following a request last year by Police Commissioner – Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin – for assistance in modernizing Jamaica’s constabulary, a new state of the art video identification system was launched yesterday at the Kingston Central Police Station. The system was funded by the United States and British governments at a cost of just under [...]
Cop Killers to be Tried on April 20
The three men who were implicated in the November 2007 murder of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Gilbert Kameka, are to be tried on April 20.
All three – Massinissa Adams, Kemar Dawkins and Rohan Townsend – were set to be tried in the Home Circuit Court yesterday, however their lawyers asked for an adjournment in [...]