Policemen Threaten Journalist Follow Up – DPP Recommends Departmental Action
Just last month, Assistant Business Editor at the Jamaica Observer newspaper – Mr. Julian Richardson – reported that two policemen threatened to kill him, this after he refused to buy them refreshments in exchange for dropping the charges for a traffic offense which they were alleging he was guilty of. Now, the Director of Public [...]
1-800-CORRUPT Already Successful?
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) formally launched a new toll free anti-corruption hotline (1-800-CORRUPT) earlier this year, and based on recent newspaper ads, it seems as though the 1-800 hotline has already reaped some success. According to the ad, in its first month, calls to 1-800-CORRUPT have already resulted in: 10 investigations launched 1 illegal [...]
Get Rid of Corrupt Cops
Letter to the Jamaica Observer editor – Saturday, March 7, 2009 By D. Martin Re: Getting rid of bad cops in Jamaica’s police force Dear Editor, I have already responded to the article published in your February paper on assistant business coordinator Julian Richardson’s frightening encounter with two corrupt cops … more
Govt. Minister Alleges Corrupt Cops Staged Shoot Out
James Robertson, Member of Parliament for West St. Thomas and Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister is alleging that a man who was shot and injured in an alleged shoot out with the police in St. Thomas yesterday, was actually targeted because he is a key witness in an on-going investigation [...]
Two More Police Arrested For Corruption
A corporal attached to the Mounted Troop Divivision, and an Island Special Constabulary Force sergeant attached to the Harmon Barracks Divison, were both arrested yesterday by members of the Anti-Corruption Branch who carried out a sting operation. Allegations are that the corporal seized the motor vehicle of a motorist for breaches of the Road Traffic [...]