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HONOURABLE MINISTER’S MESSAGE

The Ministry of National Security’s Strategic
Business Plan 2022/2023 – 2025/2026 juxtaposes

the Ministry’s achievements with the
improvement work that needs to be done to

establish the Ministry of National Security
Jamaica as the model of national security

excellence in the Caribbean region. As this work
advances, improved institutional capacity,

modernized and strengthened legislative
framework, Ministry-wide adoption of
performance planning and management

mechanisms, bilateral and multilateral

mechanisms, bilateral and multilateral agreements that facilitate security
cooperation, and strengthened intelligence gathering and forensic capabilities,

are among the critical developments that will undergird our move towards
reformed law enforcement systems.

The Ministry has adopted three (3) priority policy areas that emphasize the key
outcomes being pursued over the medium-term, namely: 1) improved public
order, 2) improved public safety; and 3) reduction in crime and violence. The

ultimate objective is to detain violence producers and dismantle and degrade
criminal gangs as they present a clear and present danger to our people and

our communities.

The Ministry’s strategic positioning factors the integrated and coordinated work
of the ten (10) agencies that comprise Jamaica’s national security architecture,

and forms the backbone of Jamaica’s security and public safety. Their programs
and initiatives secure our borders, our cyber and telecommunication networks,

our businesses, communities, and our families. The overall success of national
security is contingent on the collective and coordinated effort of the entire

national security architecture.

Even as the central Ministry coordinates national security policy, legislation,
project implementation, budget, and provides administrative support to the
Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), this work is being carried out within a context of

heightened criminal and interpersonal violence in the society.

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