Commissioner Lewin’s Comments About Religion & Work
Letter to the Jamaica Gleaner editor – Saturday, May 30, 2009 From: Herbert J. Thompson – president@ncu.edu.jm Re: Commissioner Lewin’s Comments About Religion & Work Dear Editor, The recent remarks by the commissioner of police regarding members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) who are Sabbath keepers is a matter of grave concern, not only [...]
ISCF Files Salary Suit Against Government In Court
Attorney-at-law Christopher Townsend yesterday filed a suit in the Supreme Court on behalf of the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF), as it seeks to get an order to force the Government to honor an October 2008 agreement for a salary increase for the contract period April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2010. In the court [...]
Policemen Fired Gun Salutes In Charlemont
Two policemen reportedly had their hands swabbed and guns sent to forensics for testing, following reports of gun salutes at a dance in Charlemont, St. Catherine earlier this week. The Linstead police reported that they went to a dance in the area in the wee hours of the morning after being alerted to shots being [...]
Special Sergeant To Answer To Corruption Charges
Special Sergeant Hurbert Richards, 58, the sub-officer in charge of the Darling Street Police Station, would have retired from the Jamaica Constabulary Force in just another two months. However, he has now found himself on the other side of the law, as he was arrested and charged last Friday (May 22) with corruption charges as [...]
7th Day Adventist Church Disappointed With Lewin’s Statements
The Seventh-Day Adventist Church says it’s disappointed with the recent statements by Commissioner of Police Hardley Lewin that police personnel whose religion conflicts with their job should resign. Pastor Desmond Robinson, the director of public affairs and religious liberty in the West Union Conference of Seventh Day Adventists, believes that the commissioner did not show [...]