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HONOURABLE MINISTER’S MESSAGE
Notwithstanding this, the Ministry continues steadfast and strategic in
implementing key policies, projects, programs, and administrative services, that
support achieving the organizational goals, while ensuring operational
efficiency across the national security architecture.
In addition to reliable mobility and quality communications which are
fundamental to effective policing, the agencies of national security, and in
particular the Jamaica Constabulary Force, are being provided with modern
tools to combat and apprehend perpetrators of crime. These include:
a new suite of automated Station Management Systems and an Electronic
Jail Management System;
additional cameras to facilitate the expansion of the JamaicaEye National
CCTV Surveillance Programme;
upgraded and increased DNA and ballistics analytical capabilities in order
to fight crime with science;
an electronic Traffic Ticketing Management System (TTMS) to support the
work of restoring good order on our roadways;
a fleet of fit-for-purpose police vehicles that are retrofitted with the JCF
Smart Check System to assist officers on patrol to access critical database to
inform quick and decisive actions;
strengthened police telecommunications infrastructure;
upgraded police training facilities with instructors who are certified in
modern policing techniques;
ISO 9001 certification and implementation of international quality
management standards across police facilities.
establishment of JCF Domestic Violence Intervention Centres and the
training and sensitization of police officers in domestic abuse and intimate
partner violence related matters.
As our line agencies work to combat criminal violence and strengthen citizen
security within Jamaica’s current and medium-term context, the Ministry has
adopted a holistic and integrated strategy that prioritizes the reorganization
and modernization of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, the elaboration of robust
and relevant legislation, the utilization and incorporation of technology across
all the agencies of national security, and the repositioning of social investment
as an all-of-government priority.
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