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In today’s Weekend Star newspaper, columnist Leighton Levy weighs in on the on-going Jamaican police corruption debate. “This week when Assistant Commissioner Les Green said that a number of the policemen killed ‘in the line of duty’ were involved in acts of criminality, it set off a firestorm of controversy that in my opinion was [...]

Speaking yesterday, at the Lay Magistrates’ Association of Jamaica’s annual general meeting in Kingston, Senior Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey listed low remuneration (pay) as one of the possible causes of corruption in Jamaica’s Constabulary Force. She reportedly said “… part of the problem is that the pay is small, so they may be open to [...]

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has reportedly given eight police officers in St. James two weeks to respond to allegations of their involvement in the large-scale lottery scams being perpetrated at that end of the island. They are being accused of ‘hustling’ the lotto scammers for money. If they do not respond within the time [...]

Today’s Clovis cartoon in the Jamaica Observer newspaper shows Commissioner Hardley Lewin requesting (from the Police Services Commission) the dismissal sword for corrupt cops. Prime Minister Bruce Golding said recently that the Police Commissioner needs more power to deal with matters such as corruption within the force.

Today’s Las May cartoon in the Jamaica Gleaner pokes fun at two recent topics: 1) Prime Minister Bruce Golding stating that he wouldn’t want any Gays in his cabinet 2) Commissioner of Police Hardley Lewin’s statements on (a) the matter of religion conflicting with police work and (b) corrupt cops