Top Cops To Be Reassigned & Transferred In The New Year
Police Commissioner Owen Ellington has announced that several members of the commanding ranks of the police force will take up new positions between January 17 and 20, 2011. The transfers will impact some Assistant Commissioners and nine of the 19 commanders of the Police Geographic Divisions. According to Commissioner Ellington, the transfers are being done [...]
Praises Flow For DSP Edgar Brown
DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT of Police, Edgar Brown, passed away recently, and today’s Gleaner newspaper carries a tribute to him. DSP Brown, who was named Lasco’s Top Cop of the Year in 2001, will be laid to rest on Sunday, January 2, 2011. He was 53 … more here
JCF’s Polygraph Unit Moved To Twickenham Park
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has reportedly spent over J$5 million to renovate facilities at the Jamaica Police Academy in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine, in order to accommodate the Polygraph Unit’s central operations. This move apparently forms part of the JCF’s plans to decentralise the operations of its Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB), which has portfolio responsibility [...]
Sections Of The Mobile Reserve’s Harman Barracks Headquarters Destroyed By Fire
Millions of dollars worth of police equipment were destroyed in a fire which engulfed three buildings at the Mobile Reserve’s Harman Barracks Headquarters on South Camp Road in St. Andrew early yesterday morning. Among the items destroyed were four guns, a motorcycle, bullet-proof vests, uniforms and numerous personal effects belonging to police personnel stationed there. [...]
Court of Appeal Dismisses Policeman’s Appeal; To Serve Prison Time For Bribery
Constable Dewayne Williams, who took $2,000 from a motorist in exchange for not prosecuting him for a breach of the Road Traffic Act, was taken into custody this week to serve his four-month prison sentence, after the Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal … full details here