Prime Minister Golding Explains The Delay In Appointing Owen Ellington As Commissioner
While speaking in Parliament yesterday, and in response to questions by the Opposition spokesperson on national security, Peter Bunting, who questioned whether the delay in appointing a commissioner was a function of the ‘recurring decimal of shortage of resources’, Prime Minister Golding said that contractual issues and concerns about a retirement package have been the [...]
Recruitment Of Police Needs To Be Overhauled
Letter to the Jamaica Gleaner editor – Friday, March 26, 2010 From: Andrew McCreath (mccreathandrew@yahoo.com) Re: Recruitment Of Police Needs To Be Overhauled Dear Editor, I READ with great concern in The Sunday Gleaner on page A5 of the March 21 issue the caption ‘Rush for recruits, ‘loophole for shady characters’ to join the Jamaica [...]
Motorist Charged For Policeman’s death
Twenty three-year-old Dwayne McKenzie, the motorist who was reportedly responsible for the death of Constable Ainsroy Rushton along Mannings Hill Road in St. Andrew last week, has been charged with murder. He was charged yesterday. Investigators are also reportedly considering laying other charges on McKenzie in relation to the incident.
Harold Crooks Tells His Side Of The Story
Harold Crooks, former commandant of the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF), who fled Jamaica recently in the midst of a child sexual assault investigation, reportedly called The Gleaner Power 106 Radio News Centre yesterday evening, claiming that he wanted to give his side of the story. Mr. Crooks reportedly claimed that the incident for which [...]
Jamaica’s Lawless Police
Letter to the Jamaica Gleaner editor – Thursday, March 25, 2010 From: Cleo Ellis (rev2767@yahoo.com) Re: Jamaica’s Lawless Police Dear Editor, I write in response to the call being made for the Jamaica Constabulary Force to be scrapped. It is folly to believe that scrapping of the force will result in a new one emerging; [...]