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The Most Rev. Charles Dufor, DD, CD, archbishop of Kingston, has been reappointed as a member and Chairman of the Police (Civilian Oversight) Authority for a period of five years (until August 22, 2016). The instrument of appointment was given at King’s House by the Governor General of Jamaica on September 27, 2011, under section [...]

Report in today’s Jamaica Observer newspaper: Head of the European Union Delegation to Jamaica Ambassador Marco Mazzocchi Alemanni has called for the authorities to do more to improve conditions at police stations across the island. According to her, “While a lot is being done to improve the conditions and operations at police stations, more needs [...]

In the latest Jamaica Constabulary Force Orders released yesterday, Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington issued a stern warning to police personnel who fail to attend scheduled court sittings. Commissioner Ellington stated “It is noted that despite the republications of instructions … the practice of police witnesses failing to attend courts still gives cause for concern [...]

Hot on the heels of the recent arrest of an ex-policeman who was on the run in the United States for eight years (while he was being sought to face a murder charge here in Jamaica), comes the news that the Government is seeking the extradition of another former cop from the U.S., so that [...]

Members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) are to get online training in community policing at the University of the West Indies Open Campus. It’s a newly launched UWI Open Campus Community Policing Programme (CPP), and the Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington said it will help the force to “combat crime”. The online delivery of [...]