More Armadale Fallout – New Tear Gas Policy For Jamaica’s Police
A week after findings of the Commission of Inquiry into the fire tragedy at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre last year which left seven teenage girls (wards of the state) dead, Acting Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington has issued new strict directives governing the use of tear gas by members of Jamaica’s constabulary.
In a release [...]
Jamaica Observer Editorial Focuses On Recent Arms Find
As with today’s Sunday Gleaner editorial, the Jamaica Observer’s editorial also focuses on the Jamaica Constabulary Force:
We’re not for a moment begrudging the immediate promotion of the policemen who last Thursday blew the whistle on their rogue colleagues at the illegal gun shop on Munster Road in East Kingston.
Of course they deserve to be acknowledged [...]
Acting Commissioner Ellington Warns Change Resisters
Speaking last night on the topic ‘Leadership in transforming the Jamaica Constabulary Force’ during a leadership forum at the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Staff College at Twickenham Park, St. Catherine, Acting Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington has warned members of the gazetted rank who continue to “undermine” the force and resist change in order to [...]
Gleaner Editorial Focuses On Police Homicides
Today’s editorial in the Gleaner newspaper police homicides and controversial shootings – which are usually investigated by the police’s own Bureau of Special Investigations (BSI). Just last week, Public Defender Earl Witter urged greater police regard for the rules of engagement, and expressed concern that there were too many controversial police shootings. The Gleaner agrees, [...]
Ellington Shuffles The Deck As Crime Breathes Down His Neck
Today’s Las May cartoon in the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper shows Acting Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington, as he shuffles his deck of officers (referencing recent reassignments of police divisional commanders), meanwhile, crime is breathing down his neck.