UWI Open Campus To Provide Jamaican Police With Training In Community Policing
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 [...]
Veteran Crime-Fighter To Go On Early Retirement
After 34 years in Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), veteran crime-fighter Assistant Commissioner of Police Denver Frater, will reportedly begin early retirement soon. Frater, who hails from Ulster Spring in Trelawny, enlisted in the JCF at the tender age of 17 and has served in the St. James, St. Catherine South, and Westmoreland police divisions. Unconfirmed [...]
St Ann’s Bay Police Host 5-Day Summer Camp For Youth
Scores of youngsters from schools in St. Ann, recently participated in a five-day summer camp that was hosted by the St Ann’s Bay Police Community Safety and Security department. The aim was to keep the youths occupied, while at the same time helping to improve the relations between the police and citizens … more details [...]
ATL Automotive Donates VW Pickup To St. Ann Police
The St. Ann police received a boost to their mobile patrol division recently, when ATL Automotive presented a 2011 VW Amarok pickup to the Ocho Rios police station. The twin-turbo diesel with six-speed gearbox vehicle, which is valued at $2.9 million, is one of three that will be donated by the company to the police [...]
Downtown Kingston Primary School & Police Team Form Partnership
According to a report in today’s Gleaner newspaper, a partnership between the Jamaica Special Constabulary Force’s Motorised Patrol Division (MPD) and students and staff at St Michael’s Primary School in downtown Kingston seems to be yielding fruit. On Sunday, scores of policemen and women, along with the St Michael Primary School family, converged on the [...]