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Police begin release of force orders to the media
Saturday, October 30, 2010
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POLICE Commissioner Owen Ellington, in his bid to increase transparency, has taken the unprecedented move to release the force orders to the media and by extension the general public.
The force orders is a weekly internal police publication, which documents police transfers, commendations for officers who apprehend wanted men, destroy ganja fields and are outstanding in the line of duty. It also informs members of the constabulary of interdictions of officers who have ran afoul of force regulations.
ELLINGTON... part of measures to increase transparency
In addition, officers are also informed of the deaths -- whether by violent or natural means -- of their colleagues and praises those successful in tertiary educational pursuits.
According to this week's publication, a total of 187 cops have been transferred to different divisions and formations. Of that amount 48 are women constables. Forty-one officers have been transferred to the Mobile Reserve, while 20 constables have been placed at the Trelawny Division.
The Kingston East Police Division will receive 12 officers, 14 have been placed at the Motorised Patrol and another 20 have been transferred to the Organised Crime Investigative Division.
The troubled division of St Catherine North, which includes the hotbed old capital of Spanish Town where the rival One Order and Klansman gangs have been wreaking havoc, will receive 12 additional cops.
Police officers have also been transferred to St Andrew North, St Andrew Central, St Ann, the Marine Division, the Traffic Division, Community Safety and Security and the Constabulary Communications Network.
One hundred and seventy-one of the officers have been placed from the Police Academies in Tranquility Bay, St Elizabeth and Twickenham Park in St Catherine.
All transfers become effective Monday, November 8.
The orders also states that a constable assigned to the Protective Services has been placed on interdiction and will receive 75 per cent of his salary, due to an alleged case of murder.
Meanwhile, seven superintendents, deputy superintendents and assistant superintendents have been granted departmental leave while an assistant commissioner, a superintendent and a deputy superintendent have been given vacation leave.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
var addthis_pub="jamaicaobserver";
POLICE Commissioner Owen Ellington, in his bid to increase transparency, has taken the unprecedented move to release the force orders to the media and by extension the general public.
The force orders is a weekly internal police publication, which documents police transfers, commendations for officers who apprehend wanted men, destroy ganja fields and are outstanding in the line of duty. It also informs members of the constabulary of interdictions of officers who have ran afoul of force regulations.
ELLINGTON... part of measures to increase transparencyIn addition, officers are also informed of the deaths -- whether by violent or natural means -- of their colleagues and praises those successful in tertiary educational pursuits.
According to this week's publication, a total of 187 cops have been transferred to different divisions and formations. Of that amount 48 are women constables. Forty-one officers have been transferred to the Mobile Reserve, while 20 constables have been placed at the Trelawny Division.
The Kingston East Police Division will receive 12 officers, 14 have been placed at the Motorised Patrol and another 20 have been transferred to the Organised Crime Investigative Division.
The troubled division of St Catherine North, which includes the hotbed old capital of Spanish Town where the rival One Order and Klansman gangs have been wreaking havoc, will receive 12 additional cops.
Police officers have also been transferred to St Andrew North, St Andrew Central, St Ann, the Marine Division, the Traffic Division, Community Safety and Security and the Constabulary Communications Network.
One hundred and seventy-one of the officers have been placed from the Police Academies in Tranquility Bay, St Elizabeth and Twickenham Park in St Catherine.
All transfers become effective Monday, November 8.
The orders also states that a constable assigned to the Protective Services has been placed on interdiction and will receive 75 per cent of his salary, due to an alleged case of murder.
Meanwhile, seven superintendents, deputy superintendents and assistant superintendents have been granted departmental leave while an assistant commissioner, a superintendent and a deputy superintendent have been given vacation leave.