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According to a report in today’s Sunday Gleaner, the Jamaican Government pays out millions of dollars every year for a range of violations, recklessness and abuse by civil servants, including police. This includes matters such as false imprisonment, assault & battery and malicious prosecution. Jamaica’s justice minister, Delroy Chuck, has revealed that the cash-strapped Government [...]

Report in today’s Gleaner newspaper: Speaking yesterday at a Rotary Club of New Kingston breakfast at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, TERRENCE WILLIAMS, commissioner of the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM), gave key recommendations to the Jamaica Constabulary Force to properly identify lawmen carrying out their duties … more here

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 [...]

Four policemen, who were recently found not guilty of the 2007 shooting death of Andre Thomas, a resident of the Grants Pen community in St Andrew, were freed yesterday in court of a charge of perverting the course of justice. The charge had stemmed from the same shooting incident. The freed policemen are detective corporals [...]

The public is invited to a frum on Police Reform: Getting It Right. The panel includes: Terrence Williams, INDECOM Commissioner Justin Felice, Assistant Commissioner of Police – Anti-Corruption branch Dr. The Hon. Carolyn Gomes (OJ), Executive Director – Jamaicans For Justice The public forum will include the screening of the documentary ‘Victims Voices’, a feature [...]