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A detective sergeant (whose name has been withheld), was reportedly arrested at the Greater Portmore police station yesterday by officers from the Anti-Corruption Branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force. He was held during a sting operation, for alleged breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act. According to police reports, the policeman arrested a man earlier this [...]

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 [...]

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, which was featured in the Chat newspaper, is a reference to recent incidents where police guns have reportedly gone missing at police stations, and with at least one gun rumored as being sold by a policeman to characters in the ‘underworld’.

A traffic policeman attached to the Ocho Rios police station in St. Ann, and a wrecker attendant, are now in custody (but has not yet been charged) on suspicion of corruption. The policeman (whose identity has not been revealed) surrendered yesterday, after being on the run since Friday. It is expected that investigators from the [...]