Press Association Of Jamaica Condemns Actions Of Policeman Who Allegedly Assaulted TV Cameraman
The Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) has condemned the actions of a policeman who had a confrontation with (and allegedly assaulted) a CVM TV correspondent (cameraman) who attempted to film the scene of an alleged police killing in St Ann on Saturday, July 3. According to reports, the cameraman was attempting to film the scene [...]
How Do You Make A Report On The Police
What do you do, when the Jamaican police that should be protecting you, end up abusing you or committing a crime of some sort against you? You simply take your complaint to the Police Public Complaints Authority, an independent, non-police agency of the Ministry of Justice with the power to investigate allegations of misconduct filed [...]
Woman Faces The Court For Beating Police Officer With A Cellphone
Melissa Barrett, of Waterford in Portmore, St. Catherine, faced the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday, where she pleaded not guilty to disobeying a constable’s command, assault occasioning bodily harm and disorderly conduct. Barrett is accused of attacking woman constable Simone Rankine of the Waterford Police Station, who she allegedly battered with a cellphone that [...]
Deejay & Wife Beaten By The Police?
A local dancehall deejay who goes by the name ‘Kentucky Kid’, is claiming that he, along with his wife (who is eight months pregnant) were attacked and beaten by the police at their home in Kingston over the weekend. The deejay, whose real name is Robert Hill, has alleged that a group of police officers [...]
Controversial Policeman In The Limelight
Today’s Jamaica Observer newspaper’s front page features a piece on a police corporal who is allegedly at the centre of two separate controversial incidents involving two employees of that newspaper. It is said that the policeman is supposed to be off front-line duty pending the outcome of a probe into one of these incidents which [...]