SOEs were declared in St. James, Hanover, Westmoreland, Clarendon, St. Catherine and St. Andrew South Police Division to address the rise in crime.
St. James, Westmoreland and Hanover
• Tri-Parish area experienced an overall reduction in murders and shootings by 27 per cent (182 to 133) and 26 per cent (166 to 123), respectively, for April 30 to November 25.
• Murders and shootings declined by 23 per cent (173 to 133) and 28 per cent (172 to 123), respectively.
Clarendon and St. Catherine
• The bi-parish area experienced an overall reduction in murders and shootings by 56 per cent (101 to 44) and 57 per cent (75 to 32) respectively from September 5 to November 25.
• The rates of murders and shootings were collectively reduced when comparing the corresponding periods of 2018 by 36 per cent (from 69 to 44) and 40 per cent (from 53 to 32), respectively.
Cumulatively, murders and shootings in Clarendon were reduced by 55 per cent (29 to 13) and 56 per cent (16 to 7), respectively; and by 40 per cent in St. Catherine South (25 to 15) and 58 per cent (24 to 10), respectively.
St. Andrew South
• There was an overall reduction in murders by 18 per cent (77 to 63) and shootings by 31 per cent (83 to 57) for the period July 7 to November 26.
• A total of 2,044 persons were detained, 1,967 of whom were released.
• There were 160 arrests and charges for various offences including breach of the Firearms Act (33), breach of the Dangerous Drugs Act (15), murder (11), shooting (12) and robbery (8). Twenty firearms and 274 rounds of ammunition have also been seized.
ZOSO Interventions Continue in Mount Salem
• National Works Agency continued road works in the community
• Design works completed for the Mount Salem Primary and Infant School.
• Rehabilitation works for the Mount Salem Police Station tendered.
• Mount Salem Economic Fair staged.
• Youth from the community participated in a six-week training programme as Event Management professionals.
Denham Town
• Rehabilitation of 3.05 km of roadway; installation of 6.99 km of new water pipelines in the community; upgrading of sewage and drainage systems; and installation of fire hydrants.
• Fourteen parents benefit from parenting development sessions.
Traffic Management
• New Radar System.
• More than 250,000 traffic tickets issued for breaches of the Road Traffic Act.
• Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB) received 80 new motorcycles valued at $100 million to improve mobility.
• 240,000 traffic tickets have been cleared, following software modification to the island’s traffic ticket management system.
• The electronic warrant module developed to address traffic violations was piloted in four courts.