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Today’s Jamaica Observer editorial speaks to the recent transfers of almost two hundred police personnel to various divisions.

“No amount of mass police transfers, another of which was reported in yesterday’s edition of our sister title, will operate, within the context of this style of policing, to reduce crime in the long run … Yes, increased police patrols will serve as a deterrent to some amount of crime … We suppose this is part of the rationale behind the transfers … However, unless we intend to pretend that we can leave our impossible-to-patrol inner cities out of the crime-solving equation, we are going to have to acknowledge the need to adopt a less discretionary style of policing that requires EVERYONE to comply with the law.” … more here.

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