The Jamaica Constabulary Power (JCF) is reporting a continued downward development in crime and violence, with all classes of main offenses displaying a discount in the course of the second quarter of 2024.
“General, there was an virtually 12 % lower in main crimes for the reason that begin of 2024. Notably, murders have decreased by 14.5 % as of July 15, 2024,” Police Commissioner Dr. Kevin Blake advised the JCF’s quarterly press convention on Tuesday.
Dr. Blake reported that shootings are down virtually two %, robberies have decreased by 15 %, rapes have dropped by 32 %, and break-ins have fallen by six %.
Relating to unlawful firearm seizures, the commissioner indicated that the JCF is “reaping extra success.”
“As at June 30, 2024, we recorded a 14 % improve in gun seizures over the identical interval final 12 months, taking 422 unlawful firearms off the streets and our communities,” Dr. Blake mentioned, noting that “these are primarily pistols.”
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In calling on Jamaicans to report legal actions, he mentioned: “There are way more lawful and law-abiding folks in Jamaica than the lawless and legal amongst us. The JCF urges anybody with data on the whereabouts of criminals to return ahead as a part of a collective effort to make sure justice and restore peace.”
He additionally warned perpetrators of crime that the JCF will probably be unrelenting in bringing them to justice.
“We are going to disrupt your legal actions and isolate you. We are going to come for you, [and] after we do, we encourage you to put down arms and give up willingly. If you happen to meet us with aggression, we are going to reply with superior pressure, and we are going to win as a result of we’re smarter, we’re higher skilled and higher resourced,” Dr. Blake declared.
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Hurricane Beryl response by JFC
In the meantime, the police commissioner has heaped praises on members of the constabulary for his or her valiant efforts throughout the nation within the wake of Hurricane Beryl’s passage lately.
“I’m immensely happy with the women and men of the JCF who had been all over the place in the course of the storm, current and extremely responsive, urgent into the enamel of the wind, so to talk, to carry well-needed aid and help to these in misery,” Dr. Blake advised the JCF’s quarterly press briefing.
He disclosed that roughly 10,000 police personnel had been prepared and obtainable for deployment as Jamaica braced for and was affected by the Class 4 hurricane.
Moreover, all of the island’s foremost thoroughfares had been monitored by freeway patrols, cellular patrols had been made obtainable for home and enterprise districts, and a fast response unit was prepared for deployment.
“When officers go away their houses and their households to exit within the peak of a pure catastrophe to serve and defend others, it’s a big demand on them each bodily and mentally,” Dr. Blake mentioned.
He mentioned the JCF’s Property Administration and Upkeep Division and Welfare Unit have been directed to conduct assessments and take steps to alleviate any challenges or dislocation being skilled by any of its members arising from the hurricane.
In the meantime, Commissioner Blake suggested that the JCF’s bodily infrastructure “fared nicely” throughout Beryl, including that undertaking administration groups have been activated and restore work has commenced on properties that had been affected by the hurricane.
