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Speaking yesterday at a press conference at his office on Old Hope Road in St. Andrew, Acting Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington has vowed to get rid of the corrupt cops that are tainting Jamaica’s police force.

The press conference comes hot on the heels of recent revelations that two policemen who were arrested in Clarendon recently, were likely actively involved in criminal gangs.

Some quotes from Acting Commissioner Ellington at yesterday’s press conference:

“I am deeply concerned at what appears to be an escalation in the activities or participation by members of the JCF (Jamaica Constabulary Force) in criminal gangs as well as consorting with known criminal elements. “I am therefore issuing the warning to all members to stop associating themselves with criminals and criminal gangs.”

“As long as I am in charge, I will use every lawful means at my disposal to find those individuals and to get rid of them from the Jamaica Constabulary Force on the ground that they have lost my confidence as the police commissioner and they have lost the moral authority to continue serving the public.”

“We in the Police High Command will make no distinction between police personnel involved in criminal activities and civilians involved in criminal activities.”

“When policemen carry on their wrongdoing, they put the lives of their colleagues at risk and the lives of their families and friends also at risk.“

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