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Senior Superintendent of Police, Gary McKenzie
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is reminding members of the public that the staging of fireworks is illegal without a permit.
“As it relates to the use of fireworks or firecrackers, it is against the law unless a permit is granted, and no permits will be granted for large-scale fireworks this year (based on entertainment restrictions, in light of the coronavirus pandemic),” Head of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB), Senior Superintendent of Police, Gary McKenzie, told JIS News.
McKenzie noted that the possession of firecrackers, more commonly called ‘clappers’, is illegal, and if persons are found with them, they can be prosecuted for the offence.
Residents of the Brasso district fear that history will be repeated as its local police station faces repurposing by the TTPS.
According to 38-year-old business owner, Sharen Badal-Ahyew, news of the plan struck residents with a familiar sense of panic, many questioning how they would escape a rising criminal presence in the area.
A release issued by the TTPS on November 11 indicated that officers stationed at Brasso were to be relocated to the Gran Couva Police Station within two weeks. The former premises are set to be occupied by other agencies within the TTPS in an attempt to adapt to 21st century policing.
Govind Sharma
JAMMU, Dec 21: The Government of Jammu and Kashmir today formed a UT level committee and also district level committees for management of adverse events of the COVID-19 vaccine, if any.
According to the Government order, Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education Department (H&MED) J&K will be the chairman of the UT level committee while as Director Family Welfare MCH & Immunization J&K will act as vice chairman and Inspector General of Police Jammu/Kashmir, Mission Director NHM J&K, Director Information J&K and Drug Controller J&K will be members of the committee. State Immunization Officer J&K will be convener/member secretary of the committee.
The statistics seem impressive. Over the past three years, this newspaper reported on Sunday, nearly 2,600 people have been arrested in Jamaica for breaches of the Dangerous Drugs Act. Of this number, 2,481 were convicted by the courts. That is 96 percent.
Take into account that the arrest figure does not include recreational smokers of marijuana who have a few ounces of the drug for personal use. That practice was decriminalised five years ago. Which, therefore, suggests that these arrests and convictions are primarily of people who, at some level, are involved in the international narcotics trade. They just are not the ones at or near the top of the Jamaican narcotics food chain, which, if the head of the police Narcotics Division, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Jervis Moore, is to be believed, includes many foreigners who live on the island. Which raises questions about the competence of the police.