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Current inadequacies in the police’s ability to move around
and respond to situations as they should, undermine our
crime management capabilities. The Jamaica Labour
Party Government will take an “out of the box” approach to
building Police Mobility during our first two years in office by
purchasing 600 used motor vehicles and 400 motor bikes to
ensure uniformed and hidden patrols can reach every part
of the country.
We will use 5% of the motor vehicle budget to buy adequate
supplies of fast-moving service parts and panels to ensure
fast return to service when vehicles require maintenance
and repairs.
Effective supervision of police personnel on the frontline
is of critical importance to professional and successful law
enforcement.
Within our first 2 years in office we will enhance the
Establishment for supervisory ranks in the Jamaica
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We will also give an incentive for commercial
companies to invest in CCTVs and link them to the
police network.
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Constabulary Force (JCF), that is, personnel between
the ranks of Corporal and Inspector, to ensure effective
supervision, accountability and attention to duty in such
critical areas as: community policing, proximity policing,
agro and industrial protection, investigations and crime
scene management and service delivery at police stations.
These numbers will be worked out in consultation with the
Police High Command.
The Jamaica Labour Party regards the welfare of Police
Personnel upon retirement as a matter of importance.
We will create the accommodation to allow members of
the Police Force to invest a percentage of their wages in
a pension scheme to be managed by the Private Sector,
which will assure them of greater income replacement
upon retiring from the JCF. And we will ensure that retired
personnel continue to benefit from Government-funded
health insurance scheme.
This 10 point plan for effective crime management and
citizen security will, combined with our proposals for
economic growth and job creation, make Jamaica a safer,
more peaceful and more prosperous society.
We can turn around our fortunes as a country.