http://www.jamaicanpolice.com The Jamaica Police Watchdog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:03:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Letter to the Jamaica Gleaner editor – Friday, March 12, 2010 From: DEEGO (xtparker@yahoo.com) Re: Calling Reneto Adams Dear Editor, Whereas I agree with the view that Jamaica needs a strong leader, I think we need to be clear about what sort of strength it is that we require, as there are many interpretations ... http://www.jamaicanpolice.com/2010/03/calling-reneto-adams/ Sergeant Russell Robinson, the policeman facing various illegal weapons charges as a result of the big arms find at Munster Road in East Kingston last month, was slapped yesterday with an additional charge of bribery. Robinson allegedly attempted to bribe the arresting officers at the scene of the arms bust, ... http://www.jamaicanpolice.com/2010/03/gun-trafficking-police-sergeant-slapped-with-bribery-charge/ Residents of Homestead, St. Catherine, staged a protest in their community yesterday, as they disputed the police's version of a shooting incident that took place in the area on Sunday (March 7). According to police reports, at approximately 4 p.m. on Sunday, one Julian Dillon allegedly arrived at a business place ... http://www.jamaicanpolice.com/2010/03/homestead-residents-protest-police-killing/ The Tuesday Talk column in today's Jamaica Gleaner newspaper talks about problems with Jamaica's police force. Here are the details from the column: Police implicated in lottery scam, police implicated in car-stealing racket, police implicated in gunrunning, police implicated in drug smuggling, etc. How then can we ever hope to solve ... http://www.jamaicanpolice.com/2010/03/gleaners-tuesday-talk-about-the-police/ Letter to the Jamaica Gleaner editor – Tuesday, March 9, 2010 From: Kadene Porter (kadene26@hotmail.com) Re: Protest Regarding Policeman’s US Visa Being Cancelled Dear Editor, We read about them from time to time, these policemen on bail awaiting their day in court, who take advantage of their US visa and their unseeing, nonchalant superiors, ... http://www.jamaicanpolice.com/2010/03/protest-regarding-policemans-us-visa-being-cancelled/ Letter to the Jamaica Gleaner editor – Tuesday, March 9, 2010 From: W. Donald Re: The Depth Of Police Corruption In Jamaica Dear Editor, The Bruce Golding-led Jamaica Labour Party campaigned on ridding the island of corruption and many Jamaicans, eager for a change, bought his political pitch. Alas, the more things changed the ... http://www.jamaicanpolice.com/2010/03/the-depth-of-police-corruption-in-jamaica/ Four civilians attached to the Transnational Crime and Narcotics Division (TCND) were arrested and charged yesterday for larceny and illegal possession of drugs. Ironically, they were arrested and charged by members of the TCND. According to police reports, members of the TCND were destroying marijuana and cocaine yesterday as part of ... http://www.jamaicanpolice.com/2010/03/civilians-attached-to-narcotics-division-arrested-on-drug-charges/ Today's Editorial in the Jamaica Observer newspaper, speaks to the ongoing fighting to clean up Jamaica's police force, and rid it of corruption. "In its ongoing effort to clean up its performance, the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has decided to set up a unit of its anti-corruption branch in St James, ... http://www.jamaicanpolice.com/2010/03/jamaica-observer-editorial-fighting-police-corruption/ Three policemen - an inspector of police and two constables - have been acquitted of murder in the Home Circuit Court, after the prosecution was forced to offer no evidence against them. A formal verdict of not guilty was entered in favour of the men due to the absence of ... http://www.jamaicanpolice.com/2010/03/three-policemen-acquitted-in-2005-shooting-death-of-wanted-man/ The police say they have identified two additional persons who they believed could provide them with information about last month's abduction and execution-style murder of police constable Miguel Cuff in Portmore, St. Catherine. The two persons are identified only by their aliases - 'Jubba' and 'Dirt Lump'. The police believe the ... http://www.jamaicanpolice.com/2010/03/two-men-wanted-for-policemans-execution-style-murder/