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(and the Jamaican state). Do these conditions not warrant another SOE? Do we need to see burning police stations and all out urban warfare before these politicians act?
RIP to all the cops who have been murdered whilst serving their country.
Police under attack
Commissioner raises threat level to severe as third cop murdered in just over a week
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
POLICE Commissioner Owen Ellington yesterday raised the threat level against members of the constabulary to severe, as the force mourns the loss of a third member in just over a week.
Special Constable James Lemmie, 22, became the ninth police officer to be murdered by criminals since the start of the year and the third since last Monday when he was shot dead along Young Street in the volatile former capital of Spanish Town, St Catherine. The young policeman was stationed to the St Catherine North Police Division in Spanish Town.
The Police High Command said yesterday that the raising of the threat level to severe means that the risk of attacks by criminals on police personnel and facilities was imminent.
"Our intelligence and the actions of criminals over the last week indicate calculated assaults on police personnel as we continue to disrupt and displace criminal gangs across the island"
The policeman's 17-year-old attacker was shot dead by another policeman.
The Police High Command said yesterday that the raising of the threat level to severe means that the risk of attacks by criminals on police personnel and facilities was imminent.
"Our intelligence and the actions of criminals over the last week indicate calculated assaults on police personnel as we continue to disrupt and displace criminal gangs across the island. It is, therefore, imperative that all police personnel be on high alert at all times by taking extra security precautions to protect themselves and their colleagues," Commissioner Ellington said after a meeting yesterday morning with his executive management board.
Commissioner Ellington, at the same time, ordered that the Police Control Centre broadcast security reminders to all police personnel on a regular basis in order to keep members alert.
Minister of National Security Dwight Nelson also decried the attempt to undermine the security of the nation by what he said was the continued and unabated assault on police personnel over the past week.
Senator Nelson described the killing of three policemen since last Monday as a deliberate and vicious assault on the agents of the State who are duty bound to risk their lives to protect the people of Jamaica.
Senator Nelson said the concerted nature of the assaults had left no doubt in that criminals have felt emboldened to strike out at members of the security forces who have been doing a superb job in containing crime. He urged police and soldiers to be on heightened alert to preserve their lives and to try to be strong in the face of the attacks. "Do what you must to protect yourselves," said Senator Nelson.
Spokesman on security, Peter Bunting, meanwhile, said the Opposition was troubled by the third fatal assault on the police in just over a week.
"...The nature of this killing reveals a stark reality in our country of young men who are too easily opting for a criminal lifestyle.
"The PNP remains concerned with the fact that those elements who feel brave enough to challenge the agents of the Jamaican state appear to be getting younger," Bunting said.
RIP to all the cops who have been murdered whilst serving their country.
Police under attack
Commissioner raises threat level to severe as third cop murdered in just over a week
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
POLICE Commissioner Owen Ellington yesterday raised the threat level against members of the constabulary to severe, as the force mourns the loss of a third member in just over a week.
Special Constable James Lemmie, 22, became the ninth police officer to be murdered by criminals since the start of the year and the third since last Monday when he was shot dead along Young Street in the volatile former capital of Spanish Town, St Catherine. The young policeman was stationed to the St Catherine North Police Division in Spanish Town.
The Police High Command said yesterday that the raising of the threat level to severe means that the risk of attacks by criminals on police personnel and facilities was imminent.
"Our intelligence and the actions of criminals over the last week indicate calculated assaults on police personnel as we continue to disrupt and displace criminal gangs across the island"
The policeman's 17-year-old attacker was shot dead by another policeman.
The Police High Command said yesterday that the raising of the threat level to severe means that the risk of attacks by criminals on police personnel and facilities was imminent.
"Our intelligence and the actions of criminals over the last week indicate calculated assaults on police personnel as we continue to disrupt and displace criminal gangs across the island. It is, therefore, imperative that all police personnel be on high alert at all times by taking extra security precautions to protect themselves and their colleagues," Commissioner Ellington said after a meeting yesterday morning with his executive management board.
Commissioner Ellington, at the same time, ordered that the Police Control Centre broadcast security reminders to all police personnel on a regular basis in order to keep members alert.
Minister of National Security Dwight Nelson also decried the attempt to undermine the security of the nation by what he said was the continued and unabated assault on police personnel over the past week.
Senator Nelson described the killing of three policemen since last Monday as a deliberate and vicious assault on the agents of the State who are duty bound to risk their lives to protect the people of Jamaica.
Senator Nelson said the concerted nature of the assaults had left no doubt in that criminals have felt emboldened to strike out at members of the security forces who have been doing a superb job in containing crime. He urged police and soldiers to be on heightened alert to preserve their lives and to try to be strong in the face of the attacks. "Do what you must to protect yourselves," said Senator Nelson.
Spokesman on security, Peter Bunting, meanwhile, said the Opposition was troubled by the third fatal assault on the police in just over a week.
"...The nature of this killing reveals a stark reality in our country of young men who are too easily opting for a criminal lifestyle.
"The PNP remains concerned with the fact that those elements who feel brave enough to challenge the agents of the Jamaican state appear to be getting younger," Bunting said.
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