Gleaner Editorial About Audley Shaw & the JCF’s Targets
Commissioner of Police, Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin, recently announced that the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has projected a 5% reduction in homicides for the year as one of their major goals.
Minister of Finance, Audley Shaw, then publicly chided the Commissioner and the JCF for what he deemed to be an extremely low target, especially with [...]
Monitoring & Management of Police Vehicles
Today’s editorial in the Gleaner newspaper speaks to the need for proper monitoring and management of police vehicles. This is in light of the recent announcement that the National Contracts Commission had approved vehicle procurement agreements worth more than J$350M.
Among the many problems which the Jamaican police often say inhibit their ability to fight crime [...]
Gleaner Editorial Regarding J$40M Ruling
Further to the recent Supreme Court ruling of a J$40M award to a man who had been shot in the back by the police, today’s Jamaica Gleaner editorial speaks to this matter, and the need to concentrate minds and add urgency to efforts to reform the constabulary.
"The $40 million that Justice Anderson ruled last week [...]