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According to a report in today’s Gleaner newspaper, almost 60 members of the police force were arrested for corruption related offences last year while a further nine failed lie-detector tests as the leadership of the force stepped up its house-cleaning exercise. More than 20 additional members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) have been charged [...]

Two policemen, Corporal Sylvester Thaxter and Constable Kevin Whyte (both of the St. Elizabeth Police Division), appeared before the Santa Cruz Resident Magistrate’s Court in St. Elizabeth yesterday, where they were convicted and sentenced to 12 months imprisonment at hard labour for breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act. The convictions and sentencing come exactly three [...]

A female police constable from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has been arrested on reasonable suspicion for breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act and the Dangerous Drugs Act. The constable, who is attached to the St. Andrew South Police Division and whose name has not been released, is said to have seized a driver’s license [...]

Audley Coleman, a police constable assigned to the Motorised Patrol Division, appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday, where he faced charges of possession of, dealing in, and trafficking ganja. Coleman was offered bail in the sum of $100,000, and is to return to court on March 24. It is alleged that a [...]

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