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In April, Williams told the Jamaica Observer that there was high concern about corruption within the force. Statistics given then revealed that, in 2014, a total of 41 members were arrested and charged with various crimes, while 27 were arrested in 2015, and seven up to April this year.
“While not all 88 were found to have criminal links, there were some who had been actively involved in lottery scamming; others were affiliated to gangs. There were persons who had handled illegal guns, and some were habitual thieves,” he said.
The commissioner said many of these potential recruits received “glowing recommendations from justices of the peace and ministers of religion and other ‘upstanding residents’ as citizens in their communities”.
He argued that they would very likely have made it into the JCF and would have further corrupted the force.
“We would be stuck with them for the next 30 or 40 years. But thanks to the polygraph we won’t have to worry of those types coming into the force anymore,” he said.
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“While not all 88 were found to have criminal links, there were some who had been actively involved in lottery scamming; others were affiliated to gangs. There were persons who had handled illegal guns, and some were habitual thieves,” he said.
The commissioner said many of these potential recruits received “glowing recommendations from justices of the peace and ministers of religion and other ‘upstanding residents’ as citizens in their communities”.
He argued that they would very likely have made it into the JCF and would have further corrupted the force.
“We would be stuck with them for the next 30 or 40 years. But thanks to the polygraph we won’t have to worry of those types coming into the force anymore,” he said.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...creening_72033
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