Work continued to build and renovate police stations in order to improve working conditions for members of the force and improve security delivery to citizens.
Infrastructure Development
• The new Green AcresPolice Station in St. Catherine, built at a cost of $73 million, was
officially opened.
• Rehabilitation works were undertaken at the Bog Walk, Old Harbour,
Moneague, and Trench Town police stations.
• A new Police Divisional Headquarters was constructed and officially opened in Portland.
• Work started to rehabilitate six police stations across the island at a cost of
approximately $235 million. The facilities are Denham Town (Kingston) at a cost of $36.81 million; Franklyn Town (Kingston), $42.48 million; Lionel Town (Clarendon), $36.87
million; Mount Salem (St. James), $42.53 million; Four Paths (Clarendon), $37.86 million; and Adelphi (St James), $38.44 million.
• Ground was broken for a police post at the Ian Fleming international Airport in St. Mary, at a cost of $40 million.
• $500 million was invested to improve the JCF’s capacity and technological capability at Harman Barracks.
• $65.4 million was allocated for the construction of an additional classroom block at the National Police College of Jamaica in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine.
• The Tranquility Bay facility in St. Elizabeth was refurbished at a cost of
approximately $139 million for the training of new JCF recruits.
• The Jamaica National Service Corps (JNSC) received a $500-million multipurpose building at Up Park Camp
New Vehicles/Marine Vessels
• JCF received 107 pickup trucks valued approximately $700 million, and 43 retrofitted compact sports utility vehicles which cost about $270 million.
Decline In Major Crimes
• As at December 2, murders were down by 1.2 per cent; robberies, down by 18.7 per cent; rapes, down by 15.5 per cent; and break-ins are 18.6 per cent lower than the same period in 2019.
