INDECOM Complains About Impediments To Its Work
According to a report in today’s Jamaica Observer newspaper, the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) — the organisation set up by government to investigate police excesses — had its workload increased by 92% in 2011, but says it continues to face challenges in effectively carrying out its duties. According to a press release issued by [...]
Police Corporal Charged With Murdering Negril Businessman
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM), which was established last year as the body with sole responsibility for the investigation of police killings, has laid its first charge against a member of the security forces for a fatal shooting. Corporal Malica Reid of the Mobile Reserves in Kingston, has been charged with the controversial November [...]
Independent Commission of Investigations Gets $86.4 Million Budget
The recently established Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM), which has been mandated to probe all allegations of abuse and other potentially criminal acts by members of the security forces, including fatal shootings, has been given an $86.4-million budget to carry out its day-to-day activities for this fiscal year. The disclosure was made yesterday in Parliament, [...]
Jamaica Now Has A Commissioner For The Independent Commission of Investigations
Attorney-at-law Terrence Williams created history yesterday, when he was sworn in as Jamaica’s first Commissioner for the newly-created Independent Commission of Investigations. The commission will be solely responsible for the investigation of police killings; the new Commissioner will thus be supervising police investigations into allegations of abuse and other matters involving the police. The police’s [...]