Police Complaints Office Opened In Tivoli Gardens
Police Commissioner Owen Ellington toured West Kingston yesterday, and announced that a complaints office has been opened in the West Kingston community of Tivoli Gardens – in order to allow residents to report allegations of misconduct by the security forces. The move follows the security forces’ recent assault on criminal elements in the community, and [...]
Alleged Gangsters Turn Themselves In To The Police
Today’s Clovis cartoon in the Chat magazine shows wanted men (alleged gangsters) running to turn themselves in to the police. It references recent happenings, where the police issued a list of wanted men (alleged gangsters), and several of these alleged gangsters turned themselves in almost immediately, possibly due to the no-nonsense approach that Jamaica’s police [...]
Clovis Makes Fun Of Former DCP Mark Shields
Former Deputy Commissioner of Police Mark Shields has been very vocal in recent times about the security forces’ recent battles with criminal elements in West Kingston and elsewhere across the island. In today’s Jamaica Observer newspaper, cartoonist Clovis’ pokes fun at Shields, basically implying that he didn’t do much before, and now has a lot [...]
Harold Crooks Held In Ocho Rios
Harold Crooks, former commandant of the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF), who was believed to have fled Jamaica recently in the midst of a child sexual assault investigation, was arrested at the Ocho Rios pier in St. Ann early this morning, and is now in police custody. According to the police, the cruise ship had [...]
Controversial Police Killings In Back Bush
Three alleged gunmen were killed by the police under controversial circumstances in the Back Bush community off Mountain View Avenue yesterday. According to the police, they went to the community in search of the men who ambushed a police team on Sunday night, killing two cops and wounding six others. They allege that they entered [...]