Sections Of The Mobile Reserve’s Harman Barracks Headquarters Destroyed By Fire
Millions of dollars worth of police equipment were destroyed in a fire which engulfed three buildings at the Mobile Reserve’s Harman Barracks Headquarters on South Camp Road in St. Andrew early yesterday morning. Among the items destroyed were four guns, a motorcycle, bullet-proof vests, uniforms and numerous personal effects belonging to police personnel stationed there. [...]
Policeman Killed In Linstead, St. Catherine
Constable Otis Barrett of the Mobile Reserve Unit became the 14th Jamaican police personnel to be murdered this year, when he was shot and killed last night in Linstead, St. Catherine. According to reports, Barrett was visiting his girlfriend at a house in the Rosemount Housing Scheme in Rose Hall District, when gunmen barged into [...]
Interdiction Ordered For Policeman Who Allegedly Assaulted CVM-TV Cameraman
Police Commissioner Owen Ellington, has ordered the immediate interdiction of special constable Ricardo Lewis (of the Mobile Reserve), who allegedly assaulted a CVM-TV cameraman at the scene of a police killing in St. Ann on Saturday, July 3. Lewis has been ordered interdicted, pending the outcome of an investigation into the matter. The action was [...]
Mobile Reserve Tour Cartoon
Today’s Clovis cartoon in the Jamaica Observer newspaper references the Minister of National Security – Dwight Nelson’s – recent tour of the Mobile Reserve unit, where he expressed how appalled he was at the state of the buildings and the police’s living conditions.
National Security Minister Appalled At Police’s Living Conditions
National Security Minister Senator Dwight Nelson toured the Mobile Reserve unit in South East St. Andrew yesterday, and is reportedly shocked and appalled at the conditions under which Jamaica’s police officers are living. There were numerous complaints and problems including buildings being in disrepair, unkempt bathroom and toilet facilities, a shortage of furniture, deficiencies in [...]