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Today’s editorial in the Gleaner newspaper speaks to the need for proper monitoring and management of police vehicles. This is in light of the recent announcement that the National Contracts Commission had approved vehicle procurement agreements worth more than J$350M.

Among the many problems which the Jamaican police often say inhibit their ability to fight crime effectively is the shortage and quality of vehicles.

Their fleet, the complaint goes, is too old, with an average age of 10 years, which makes them unreliable. And there are too few. The consequence, therefore, is an insufficiency of motorised patrols and thereby a limited deterrence to criminals than should be the case. Nor can the police always respond as they should to specific emergencies …. see the complete editorial here.

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