KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica Constabulary Pressure (JCF) launched a brand new initiative to seize 40 wished folks inside 40 days on Wednesday.
The initiative continues the JCF’s strong social media marketing campaign in opposition to crime. It coincides with the beginning of the 40-day Lenten interval and is often indicative of a time of testing, trial, penance, purification, and renewal.
The ‘40 in 40’ is harking back to the 2018 “What are You Giving Up for Lent‟ marketing campaign, and the JFC stated that the brand new initiative is a problem to residents to assist the police seize 40 wished individuals inside 40 days.
In a press release, the JCF stated that the marketing campaign, which is strategically timed, advances one factor of its crime discount methods by means of the well-received promulgation of wished individuals on its a lot anticipated weekly Needed Wednesdays characteristic on its social media platforms.
“We stay dedicated to the prevention and discount of great, violent, and arranged crimes by eradicating that which feeds these misdeeds – weapons, gangs, and gunmen. Not solely are we unrelenting in our pursuit of criminals and creating safer communities, but in addition in having law-abiding residents respect the significance of talking out and standing up in opposition to criminality,” stated Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Stephanie Lindsay, head of the JCF’s Company Communications Unit.
“The element of combating crime by means of communication and engagement has reaped success, so we thank the general public for its embrace of our work and encourage them to proceed sharing data confidently and confidentially by means of any of the reporting platforms – 119, 811, or by way of Crime Cease at 311,” she added.
Jamaican authorities are pushing again on claims by america that the island is unsafe for vacationers due to rampant crime.
In renewed journey warnings final month, the US State Division urged People to watch out for Jamaica in a Stage 3 advisory.
“Violence and shootings happen commonly in lots of neighborhoods, communities, and parishes in Jamaica,” the State Division stated.
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