10 cops out

[MdmeX]

10 cops out

Commish orders lotto scam police retired in public interest

Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Police Commissioner Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin yesterday ordered 10 cops, who were implicated in the multi-million dollar lotto scam in St James, to retire from the constabulary in the public interest.
The 10 were among 18 cops who were taken off front line duty at the Mount Salem Police Station after police cracked a section of the scam which reportedly rakes in upwards of $30 million annually.

LEWIN. made recommendation after reading DPP's report


Lewin's orders came after he leafed through a report handed to him by Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn and consulted with head of the Anti-Corruption Branch, Assistant Commissioner Justin Felice.
Lewin then forwarded the file to the Police Service Commission and made recommendations that the cops be retired from the constabulary.

Six other cops were ordered reinstated by Lewin, while the roles of two others in the international scam will be further investigated. The cops were taken off front line duty after intense investigations into the case of Kourtney Grayson, who was in April freed of impersonating a police officer and unlawful possession of property in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court when the DPP entered a nolle prosequi in the case.
Grayson was days earlier arrested and beaten by the cops, but it was later revealed that he was operating with the blessings of the cops, who reportedly outfitted hima with police uniforms and gave him an M16 assault rifle and a handgun on two occasions.

Grayson was allegedly used by the cops to shake down players in the lotto scam. (never see smoke without fire, remember the fake courteous cop )

The cops allegedly tried to cover their tracks by ripping out pages of a station diary showing when Grayson was issued with the police service weapons.

The lotto scam has attracted the interests of the US and Canadian governments who last week lent their support to form the Joint Operations Linked to Telemarketing (JOLT) task force to combat the scammers.
Last Thursday, JOLT operatives searched four houses in St James and seized six cars including a high-end Lexus and Dodge; a powerful motor bike, which was later found out to have been stolen from Florida; several computers; electronic equipment; $185,000 in cash; listings with names and numbers with notations; and a licensed firearm.

Nine persons were also taken into custody for questioning.

[Lazie]

So there is nothing to charge these crooks and send them where they belong?

[Time]

So there is nothing to charge these crooks and send them where they belong?

Charges will require too much burden of proof and they win the case then the CP will feel obligated to take them back despite the fact that the law gives him the option not to take back any cop that was charged.

However if you kick them out in the public interest and they take you to court then the burden of proof required from the CP is much less.

Its also easier for them to walk away if retired in the public interest. Let him gwaan.

[Lazie]

Charges will require too much burden of proof and they win the case then the CP will feel obligated to take them back despite the fact that the law gives him the option not to take back any cop that was charged.

However if you kick them out in the public interest and they take you to court then the burden of proof required from the CP is much less.

Its also easier for them to walk away if retired in the public interest. Let him gwaan.

Thanks for the explanation Time.

[Assasin]

if you follow the cases of the recently arrested cops you will see that

1) it take long time to get to trial
2) Some if not most getting away as people refuse to testify or as time say "not enough evidence".

The commish must be fustrated.

[Mosiah]

The nation's finest!