This is not fic­tion but facts; the sto­ry­line is the same every day. January 27^th, 2022 three men were shot at a bar in Bamboo Saint Ann, two fatal­ly. It gen­er­al­ly reads the same: gun­men enter the bar, open fire, and escape.
In Saint James, a 22-year-old man was shot dead in Mount Carey on Friday morn­ing. At about 8:00 am, cit­i­zens heard gun­shots and noti­fied the police, who arrived to find the body of 22-year-old Ronald Barnes on the ground with bul­let wounds to his head and a motor­cy­cle par­tial­ly on top of his body.
In Cross Keys Manchester, a crim­i­nal who the crim­i­nal-lov­ing judges grant­ed bail turned up at the Cross Keys Police sta­tion to report as a con­di­tion of his bail when offi­cers noticed a bulge in the waist of his pants.
And attempt­ed to accost him when he opened fire at officers.
25-year-old Orlando Lee of Blenheim dis­trict, Newport in Manchester, is still on the loose. Of course, the police are beg­ging this piece of scum to turn him­self in. (like that’s going to happen).

Thank your local mag­is­trate or judge for con­tin­u­al­ly turn­ing these mon­sters back onto the streets when offi­cers catch them red­hand­ed with weapons and remove them back onto the streets before the offi­cers can even leave the court buildings.
They are total­ly care­less of who they mur­der, includ­ing police offi­cers, but that seems to be the judges’ inten­tion in our country.
I call on the police fed­er­a­tion to com­pile data on the Island’s crim­i­nal-lov­ing judges to see who the offend­ers are releas­ing these vio­lent gang­sters back onto the streets as soon as the police remove them.
The com­pi­la­tion of that data should include day, date, and time, the offense as well as crimes each offend­er prov­ably com­mit­ted after being grant­ed bail.
This data should then be inces­sant­ly shared with ordi­nary Jamaicans, not the gat­ed com­mu­ni­ties’ fakes and frauds liv­ing uptown.
Maybe then the aver­age Jamaican may be sen­si­tized and even mil­i­ta­rized against the bla­tant and egre­gious crim­i­nal sup­port in the insti­tu­tions that should be pro­tect­ing them.

In Saint Mary, 25-year-old Adrian Lawrence of School Hill Castleton was shot and killed at about 3:45 p.m. on Thursday, January 27^th, after argu­ing with anoth­er man known as “Ricky” over a park­ing spot.
In the mean­time, the police released these names they say are the most want­ed men in the coun­try. I’m unsure why the names are not fol­lowed up with pho­tographs in this day and age when every police offi­cer on patrol has a cell phone or can car­ry a cam­era on patrol to pho­to­graph these crim­i­nals when they are stopped in the streets.
They have no expec­ta­tion of pri­va­cy from being pho­tographed in pub­lic, but the Jamican police have nev­er been accused of think­ing on their feet.

AREA ONE

1. Ricardo Palmar
Alias: Richie
HANOVER
Offence: Murder | Committed August 25, 2017 in Hopewell, Sandy Bay, Hanover
Description: Dark com­plex­ion and about 4ft 5 inch­es tall. He is fat, has a pot bel­ly, shine head and a tat­too on his left hand.
Frequents: Norwood in St, James, Well Lane, Montpellier and Sandy Bay in Hanover

2. Eric Clarke
Alias: Legacy
HANOVER
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted November 11, 2014 in Cash Hill, Hanover
Description: Dreadlocks, slim build, brown com­plex­ion and straight face
Frequents: Cash Hill and Patty Hill in Hanover

3. Vernon Shearer
Alias: Vandam
HANOVER
Offences: Illegal Possession of a firearm, rape, abduc­tion, assault at com­mon law com­mit­ted December 19, 2011 in Rock Spring, Hanover
Description: Dark com­plex­ion, slim build and about 5 feet and 9 inch­es tall
Frequents: March Town, Green Island in Hanover and Negril, Westmoreland

4. Kayon Casselle
Alias: Casper
HANOVER
Offences: Shooting with intent, ille­gal pos­ses­sion of a firearm and rob­bery with aggra­va­tion com­mit­ted on August 30, 2015 in Woodsland, Hanover
Description: Slim build, dark com­plex­ion with low hair­cut, straight nose and small eyes, tat­too of a scor­pi­on on left side of neck and both ears pierced
Frequents: Guava Walk, Unity Hall in St James and Woodsland, Hanover

5. Richardo Robinson
Aliases: Travis, Charma
HANOVER
Offences: Shooting with intent, ille­gal pos­ses­sion of a firearm and rob­bery with aggra­va­tion com­mit­ted August 30, 2015, at Woodsland, Hanover.
Description: Dark com­plex­ion, 5 feet and 6 inch­es tall, black low-cut hair.
Frequents: Guava Walk, Unity Hall in St James and Woodsland, Hanover

6. Nicholas Stephens
HANOVER
Offence: Rape com­mit­ted in Montpellier, Sandy Bay Hanover
Description: Tall, dark, slim build and has low hair cut with head top bald
Frequents: Islington in St Mary, Montpellier and Sandy Bay in Hanover

7. Marvin Strachan
Alias: Jazza
HANOVER
Offence: Rape com­mit­ted in Montpellier, Sandy Bay, Hanover
Description: Dark brown com­plex­ion, broad face, big teeth, medi­um build, plait­ed hair and about 5 feet and 6 inch­es tall.

8. Sheldon Brown
Alias: Gambler
HANOVER
Offence: Wounding intent and rob­bery with aggra­va­tion com­mit­ted on April 4, 2020 in Santoy District, Hanover.
Description: Dark com­plex­ion, dread­locked hair
Frequents: Orange Bay Estate and Santoy District in Hanover

9. Gibar Griffiths
Alias: Weedy
HANOVER
Offence: Shooting with Intent at Camp Road, Hopewell, Hanover
Description: Fair com­plex­ion, slim build and about 5 feet and 9 inch­es tall

10. Omario James
Alias: Kicksa
HANOVER
Offence: Rape on November 11, 2021 in Kew District, Hanover
Description: Five feet and 5 inch­es tall, very slim, short, plait­ed hair, bleached (brown) com­plex­ion, small straight face, straight nose
Frequents: Kew dis­trict, Hopewell, Johnson Town, Bachelors Hall in Hanover

11. Leon Lloyd Reckard
Alias: Brown Dog
HANOVER
Offence: Rape com­mit­ted on January 16, 2010 in Cove, Hanover
Description: Black com­plex­ion, medi­um build, round face and about 5ft inch­es tall
Frequents: Green Island in Hanover and Negril in Westmoreland

12. O’Brien Thomas
HANOVER
Offence: Rape com­mit­ted in 2012
Description: Short, slim build, dark com­plex­ion and low haircut

13. Roy Mitchell
Alias: Laddy, Randy
HANOVER
Offence: Rape and oth­er sex­u­al offences com­mit­ted in April, 2013
Description: Dark com­plex­ion, mus­cu­lar body, left ear pierced and low-cut hair
Frequents: Sections of Kingston and Sandy Bay, Hanover

14. Kenroy Roach
Alias: Ticka
ST JAMES
Offence: Murder of Jermaine Brown com­mit­ted on March 6, 2021 in Hopeton dis­trict, St James
Description: He is of dark com­plex­ion, low-cut hair­style and is about 5 feet and 10 inch­es tall
Frequents: Bethel Town in Westmoreland and Hampton in St James

15. Shaquille Nathaniel Brown
Gang affil­i­at­ed: 1452
ST JAMES
Description: Five feet and 10 inch­es tall, dark com­plex­ion, scar on left cheek
Frequents: Paradise Rowe, Williams Street, Glendevon in the parish of St. James
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted on April 18, 2019 on William Street, Montego Bay

16. Nickeelo Lewis
Alias: Kino, Jay, Rich Kid
ST JAMES
Offence: Two counts of mur­der and three counts of shoot­ing with Intent com­mit­ted January 4, 2022 about 8 p.m. in Ocean Heights, Lilliput, St James
Description: About 24 years old, bleached brown com­plex­ion, sports long hair­style, beard­ed face, thick­ly build, 5 feet and 5 inch­es tall
Frequents: Skate Land, Ocean Heights, Grange Pen and Bugs Bunny all in the Lilliput area of St James

17. Kevin White
Alias: Chucky Don
ST JAMES
Offence: Shooting with intent com­mit­ted on December 17, 2018 in York Bush, Mt Carey, St James
Frequents: York Bush, Carey Village and Mahogany in St James
Description: About 25 years old, about 6 feet tall, slim build, black com­plex­ion, three teardrops tat­too under his right eye, and a tat­too marked “Guck” on his chest
Frequents: York Bush, Carey Village and Mahogany in St James

18. Gerald McNaughton
Alias: Ice, Ice T
ST JAMES
Offence: Murder of Delroy Fisher and wound­ing with intent of Alwin Burchell com­mit­ted on November 2, 2021 about 10:30am at New Road, Providence, Flankers, St James
Description: About 5 feet 10 inch­es tall, dark com­plex­ion, medi­um build with reced­ing hairline
Frequents: Providence, Flankers in St James and Wakefield, Trelawny

19. Andre Hinds
Alias: Bunny
ST JAMES
Offence: Double mur­der of Rojae Jordon Reid and Anothika Wedderburn and wound­ing with intent of Maudlyn Jackson com­mit­ted on November 30, 2020
Associations: Associated with the Delete Squad, Savanna-la-mar.
Frequents: Russia dis­trict, Savanna-la-mar and Auldayr dis­trict, Bluefields, Westmoreland

20. Moses Ramsey
WESTMORELAND
Offence: Two cas­es of shoot­ing with intent and one case of wound­ing with intent
Frequents: Russia District and Burnt Savannah in Savanna-la-mar and Auldayr District Bluefields, Westmoreland

21. Devani Bennett
Alias: Santa
WESTMORELAND
Offence: Murder of Clovis Forrester alias Bredda, com­mit­ted on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, about 6:30 p.m in Auldayr District, Bluefields, Westmoreland.
Associations: Associated with the Delete Squad, Savanna-la-mar and an asso­ciate of Moses Ramsey and Andre Hinds alias Bunny
Frequents: Auldayr District in Bluefields, Westmoreland

22. Kevin Clarke
Alias: Hutch
WESTMORELAND
Offence: Double mur­der com­mit­ted on Tuesday, November 16, 2021, on Barracks Road, Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland
Associations: Associated with the Gully Banks Gang.
Frequents: Hudson Street, Gully Banks, Russia, Chantilly, Westmoreland

23. Burton Shearer
Alias: Bop
WESTMORELAND
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted on May 12, 2016 at Church Lincoln District in Grange Hill, Westmoreland
Associations: Baby’s moth­er goes by the alias ‘Carole’.
Frequents: Geneva District in Grange Hill, Westmoreland

AREA2

24. Elroy Griffiths
Alias: Greg, Sicky
PORTLAND
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted on August 20, 2019 in the Olivere Housing Scheme, Buff Bay, Portland
Description: Light brown com­plex­ion, slim build, sports low-cut hairstyle.
Frequents: Olivere Housing Scheme, Kildare, Canewood in Portland.

25. Devon Brown
Alias: Blender
PORTLAND
Offence: Shooting with intent com­mit­ted on Monday, September 28, 2020
Description: Slim build, bleached brown com­plex­ion and sports low-cut hairstyle.
Frequents: Nelson Street, Buff Bay, Portland, Buff Bay Town and Brandon Hill, St Mary

26. Maurice Clarke
Alias: Beef
PORTLAND
Offences: Three counts of rape com­mit­ted between September 2021 and Friday November 5, 2021
Description: Medium build, dark com­plex­ion, sports low-cut hair style
Frequents: Manchioneal District, Portland

27. Sadray Travis Burry
Alias: Burry Bwoy
ST MARY
Offence: Murder of Randy Thompson on May 5, 2021 in Friendship District, Islington, St Mary
Description: Light brown com­plex­ion, slim build and about five feet and eight inch­es tall
Frequents: Montego Bay, St James; Basin Hill and Islington, St Mary; Mountain View, St Andrew and Haiti.

28. Jerome Downie
Alias: Dada
ST MARY
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted on September 09, 2021 on Post Road in Richmond, St Mary
Description: Dark Brown com­plex­ion, slim build and about five feet and eight inch­es tall.
Frequents: Post Road Richmond St. Mary, Montego Bay, St James and Kingston

29. Damion Hitchman
Alias: Wingie
ST MARY
Offence: Murder of Jason McLean of Tremolsworth in Highgate, St Mary
Description: Dark Brown com­plex­ion, slim build and about five feet eight inch­es tall
Frequents: Tremolsworth, Highgate, St Mary, Phase Two, Seaview Gardens, Kingston

30. J’melle Antwon Hooks
ST MARY
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted about 10:30 a.m on Sunday October 25, 2020 at Heywood Hall, St Mary
Description: Dark brown com­plex­ion, stout build and about five feet nine and inch­es tall.
Frequents: 137 Dandelion Avenue, St Ann’s Bay, St Ann

31. Chinloy Sprncer
Alias: Todo
ST MARY
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted on May 31, 2021 in Days Mountain, Oracabessa, St Mary
Description: Light brown com­plex­ion, slim build; about five feet and sev­en inch­es tall and sports a corn row hairstyle
Frequents: Days Mountain, Oracabessa St Mary; Port Antonio, Portland; Claremont, St Ann and May Pen, Clarendon

32. Damion Christopher Boyd
ST MARY
Offence: Wounding with intent com­mit­ted on Sunday, October 11, 2020 at Cudjoe Bridge, Islington, St Mary
Description: Dark brown com­plex­ion, slim build and about five feet and nine inch­es tall. He sports a low-cut hairstyle
Frequents: Barclay’s Town in Gayle, St Mary and Moneague, St Ann

33. Alrick Scott
ST MARY
Offence: Rape com­mit­ted on January 7, 2015 in Bamboo Corner, St Mary
Description: Dark Brown com­plex­ion, slim build and about six feet tall
Frequents: Bamboo Corner, Belfield, Cromwell Land and Highgate in St Mary and May Pen in Clarendon

34. Manton Brown
Alias: Banton
ST CATHERINE
Offences: Murder com­mit­ted on April 27, 2017 along Borelias Boulevard near Gregory Park, Watson Grove; two oth­er counts of mur­der and wound­ing with intent
Description: About 6 feet tall, dark com­plex­ion, slim build
Frequents: Brown’s Town and Sturge Town in St Ann and Linstead in St Catherine
Last known address: Aries Close in Watson Grove, Portmore, St Catherine

35. Brian Forbes
Alias: QQ
ST ANN
Offence: Double mur­der com­mit­ted on Saturday, April 25, 2015 about 4:45 a.m at Drumiliy District, St Ann
Last known address: Drumily District, Claremont
Frequents: Suspect said to be liv­ing in the wild and not at any giv­en location

36. Albert Dyer
Alias: Mojo
ST ANN
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted on Saturday, April 10, 2010 in Douglas Castle, St Ann
Last known address: Douglas Castle, St Ann
Frequents: Douglas Castle, St Ann

37. Nickoy Cunningham
Alias; Hype
ST ANN
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted on Friday, April 08, 2016 at Belle Aire, Runaway Bay, St Ann about 9:30 p.m
Last known address: Belle Aire, Runaway Bay, St Ann
Frequents: The North Coast and Brown’s Town in the parish of St Ann

38. Christopher Brown
ST ANN
Offence: Shooting with intent com­mit­ted on Friday December 9, 2016 about 8:50 a.m in Steer Town, St Ann
Last known address: Steer Town, St Ann; Princess Street, Kingston; Majestic Gardens, Kingston 11
Frequents: The North Coast and Brown’s Town, St Ann as well as Spanish Town and Kingston

39. Dwayne Christie
Alias: Cojack
ST ANN
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted on September 30, 2016 about 4:30 p.m. in Davis Town, Cave Valley, St Ann
Last known address: Davis Town, Cave Valley, St Ann
Frequents: Cave Valley, St Ann and Spaldings, Manchester

AREA 3

40. Romaine Murray 
Alias: John Tom
CLARENDON
Offence: Shooting with intent com­mit­ted April 19, 2019 in Comfort District, Osbourne Store, Clarendon
Frequents: Bucknor, Comfort, Milk River, Osbourne Store, Four Paths in Clarendon
School attend­ed: Osborne Store All-Age

41. Steve Leonard Francis 
CLARENDON
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted on July 22, 2019 on Sunset Crescent, Four Paths, Clarendon
Description: About 5 feet and 7 inch­es tall, medi­um build, low-cut hair­style, walks with a limp. Known dia­bet­ic. Has pierced ears.
Last Known Address: Sunset Crescent, Four Paths, Clarendon
Frequents: Bucknor, Comfort, Milk River, Osbourne Store, Four Paths in Clarendon

42. Panif Broomfield 
Alias: Chang
CLARENDON 
Offences: Shooting with intent and rob­bery with aggra­va­tion of a police sergeant com­mit­ted in May Pen, Clarendon |
Description: Brown com­plex­ion, medi­um build, brown eyes, about 6 feet and 4 inch­es tall, scar to low­er right hand and tat­toos on both hands
Last known address: Buzz Rock Effortville, Clarendon

43. Collin Bailey
Alias: Alex or Foodie
CLARENDON 
Offence: Shooting with intent against the police com­mit­ted March 13, 2020 on Bryant’s Crescent, May Pen, Clarendon
Description: Dark com­plex­ion, slim build, is about 5 feet and 7 inch­es tall and sports low-cut hairstyle
Last known address: Bucknor District, May Pen, Clarendon

44. Othniel Andre Smith 
CLARENDON 
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted November 23, 2015 on Lawson Boulevard, Four Paths, Clarendon
Frequents: Four Paths, Clarendon
Last known address: Lawson Boulevard, Four Paths, Clarendon

45. Kertell Marvel Shand 
Alias: Dennis
CLARENDON 
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted August 14, 2016 in Scotts Bottom, Milk River, Clarendon
Description: Rastafarian, brown com­plex­ion, medi­um build and about 5 feet and 7 inch­es tall
Last known address: Scott Bottom District, Milk River, Clarendon

46. Dwayne Butler 
Alias: Tez
CLARENDON 
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted February 03, 2011 on Hazard Drive, May Pen, Clarendon
Description: 5 feet tall, medi­um build and very black
Last known address: Farm-Effortville, Clarendon

47. Alton Gordon 
CLARENDON
Offence: Murder and shoot­ing with intent against the police
Description: Fair com­plex­ion, slim build, big nose and low-cut hair
Last Known Address: Bunkers Hill, Frankfield, Clarendon

48. Sekhomi Bennett 
Alias: Ginger, Sickie
MANCHESTER
Offence: Murder, Shooting with intent and ille­gal pos­ses­sion of a firearm
Gang affil­i­a­tion: Grey Ground Gang
Last known address: Comfort District, Manchester

49. Assagar Martin 
Alias: Asa
MANCHESTER
Offence: Shooting and wound­ing with intent and ille­gal pos­ses­sion of a firearm
Last known address: Highway Drive, Greenvale, and Bellefield in Manchester
Gang affil­i­a­tion: 100 Man/​Gaza Gang

50. Romaine Reid 
MANCHESTER 
Offence: Robbery with aggra­va­tion and ille­gal pos­ses­sion of a firearm
Last known address: Corner Street, Waltham, Manchester

51. Shawane Shamar Rose 
Alias: Bookie
MANCHESTER 
Offence: Murder, shoot­ing and wound­ing with intent and ille­gal pos­ses­sion of a firearm
Last known address: Texas, Top Greenvale, Manchester
Gang affil­i­a­tion: 100 Man/​Gaza Gang

52. Krishna Barrett 
ST ELIZABETH 
Offence: Murder of Isaiah Dixon com­mit­ted July 17, 2021 in Holland District, St Elizabeth
Last known address: Holland District, St Elizabeth
Frequents: Haughton, Lacovia, Santa Cruz in St Elizabeth and Seaview in Kingston

53. Alex Anthony McDonald 
ST ELIZABETH 
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted on November 11, 2021 about 8:10 pm on Water Lane, Junction, St Elizabeth
Last known address: Water Lane, Bull Savannah, St Elizabeth
Frequents: Alligator Pond, Todd Town, Port Henderson Plaza, Portmore

54. Eric Campbell 
Alias: Fross
ST ELIZABETH 
Offence: Shooting with intent com­mit­ted on September 07, 2018 about 12:20 p.m in Fyffes Pen, St Elizabeth
Last known address: Fyffe’s Pen, St Elizabeth
Frequents: Fyffe’s Pen, St Elizabeth

55. Dujon Wright 
Aliases: Dujie or Sojie
ST ELIZABETH 
Offence: Shooting with intent com­mit­ted on June 8, 2019 in Peacock Heights, New Town, St Elizabeth
Last known address: New Town, St Elizabeth
Frequents: Peacock Heights, New Town Housing Scheme, St Elizabeth and the coun­try of Haiti

AREA 4

56. Jevaugn Ford 
Alias: Jevy
ST ANDREW SOUTH
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted: August 29, 2019 about 1:30 p.m. in Ferry District, St Andrew
Last known address: Ferry District, St Andrew
Frequents: Linstead, St Catherine

57. Oneil Cunningham 
Alias: Biggs
ST ANDREW SOUTH
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted on June 1, 2017
Last known address: Ferry District, St Andrew
Frequents: Barbican, St Andrew; Portmore and Linstead in St Catherine

58. Shantoney Cardis 
Alias: Chassy or Tywan
ST ANDREW SOUTH
Offence: Shooting with intent com­mit­ted on November 6, 2017
Last known address: Waltham Park Road, Kingston
Frequents: Union Gardens, Whispers Hotel along Gretna Green Avenue off Waltham Park Road, Harbour View, York Avenue and Mongoose Town

59. Albert Mitchell 
Alias: Ballie
ST ANDREW SOUTH
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted on November 2, 2021
Gang Affiliation: Unruly Gang
Frequents: Henley Road, Varma Road, Riverton City and Olympic Way

60. Raheem Brown
Alias: Berger
ST ANDREW SOUTH
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted on the March 30, 2019
Gang Affiliation: Crescent Road Gang (Rat Bat)
Last known address: Crescent Road, Kingston

61. Everton McDonald 
Alias: Eva
KINGSTON CENTRAL
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted on November 3, 2020
Description: Dark brown com­plex­ion, medi­um build, 6 feet tall, tat­toos on left breast, shoul­der, and right hand (scor­pi­on)
Last known address: 52 East Street, Kingston

62. Shawniel Mae 
KINGSTON CENTRAL
Offence: Shooting with intent against the police com­mit­ted on August 17, 2021
Gang affil­i­a­tion: Genocide Gang
Last known address: 40 Laws Street, Kingston

63. David Fowler 
Alias: Okro Slime, Hot Head
KINGSTON CENTRAL
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted on January 18, 2019
Last known address: 33 Love Lane, Kingston
Frequents: Half-Way Tree, Kingston

64: Mervin Henry 
Alias: Biggy
KINGSTON CENTRAL
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted on January 23, 2016
Last known address: 28 Georges Lane, Kingston
Gang affil­i­a­tion: George’s Lane Gang

65. Shanrick Shevaughn Nugent 
Alias: Dan Dan
KINGSTON CENTRAL
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted on July 26, 2014
Last known address: August Town, Kingston
Gang affil­i­a­tion: Fleet Street Gang

66. Kevin Cole 
Alias: Kevman
KINGSTON EAST
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted on Sunday, October 3, 2021
Last known address: 17 Glasspole Avenue, Rockfort Kingston 2
Frequents: St George’s Road, Kingston

67. Jordan Henry 
Alias: Jack
KINGSTON EAST
Offence: Shooting with intent com­mit­ted on March 6, 2019
Last known address: Bower Bank and Kingston Central
Frequents: Allman Town, Kingston

68. Andre Robinson 
Alias: Kemmy
KINGSTON EAST
Offence: Wounding with intent on January 15, 2021
Last known address: William Street; Rae Town, Kingston 16
Frequents: 29 Chancery Lane, Kingston

69. Paul Waite 
Alias: Poppy
KINGSTON EAST
Offences: Murder and wound­ing with intent com­mit­ted on January 2, 2021
Last known address: 4 Glasspole Avenue, Kingston
Frequents: 22 Harbour Road, Kingston

70. Marlon Stephenson 
Alias: Finger Blacks
KINGSTON EAST
Offence: Shooting with intent com­mit­ted on January 17, 2020
Last known address: 20 Hyslop Avenue, Rockfort, Kingston 2
Frequents: Bayshore Park, Harbour View, Kingston

71. Richard Higgins 
Alias: Bob
KINGSTON EAST
Offence: Shooting with intent against the police com­mit­ted on October 15, 2020 along Wellington Street in the vicin­i­ty of Sligo Street Kingston 16.
Last known address: 3 Wellington Street, Kingston 16
Frequents: Jarrett Lane Kingston 2, George’s Lane, Central Kingston and Cloverly Road

72. Oshane Morris 
Alias: Chucky
ST ANDREW CENTRAL
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted on December 15, 2012 at 5 Swallowfield Road
Last known address: 1a Bottom River, August Town Kingston 7
Gang affil­i­a­tion: Vietnam Gang

73. Alexander Webb 
Alias: Puppet
ST ANDREW CENTRAL
Offence: Shooting com­mit­ted on June 18, 2013 along Nanny Boulevard in the vicin­i­ty of Mooretown Way, Nannyville
Last known address: 4 Moretown Way, Nannyville Gardens, Kingston 3
Frequents: Crossroads, Mountain View, Stadium Gardens in St Andrew

74. Jordon Henry 
ST ANDREW CENTRAL
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted on June 30, 2019 about 4:30 a.m. along Lady Musgrave Road in the vicin­i­ty of premis­es #26 Kingston 5
Last known address: 48 Marverley Avenue, Kingston 10
Frequents: Waterfront, down­town Kingston, Waltham Park Road, New Kingston

75. Daunte Sutherland 
Alias: Ash Boy
ST ANDREW CENTRAL
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted on March 21, 2021 along Dallas Road, Tavern, Kingston 6, St Andrew
Last known address: 146 Bedward Gardens, Kingston 7

76. Jermaine Smith 
Alias: Kartel, Gazaman, Worm
ST ANDREW NORTH
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted on February 22, 2019 in Golden Spring Road, St, Andrew
Description: Bleached brown com­plex­ion, 6 feet and 2 inch­es tall, slim build, tat­too of a lizard and a skull in mid­dle of chest
Frequents: Golden Spring, Lime Edge, Mount James

77. Kemar Graham 
ST ANDREW NORTH
Offences: Murder com­mit­ted on July 22

Offences: Murder com­mit­ted on July 22, 2009 at Boone Hall District, St Andrew
Description: Black com­plex­ion, about 5 feet and 11 inch­es tall, sports low hair­cut, small face
Frequents: Boone Hall, Arthur Leon Drive, Golden Spring.
AREA 5

78. Kevin Fletcher
Alias: Tippy
ST CATHERINE NORTH
Offence: Shooting with intent com­mit­ted on May 29, 2021 at Barry Main Road, Bog Walk, St Catherine
Description: Dark com­plex­ion, round face, about five feet and ten inch­es tall.
Frequents: Victoria District, Linstead, Ewarton and Springvale in St Catherine and Brown’s Town in St Ann

79. Shamar O’connor
Alias: Zum
ST CATHERINE NORTH
Offence: Wounding with intent com­mit­ted on February 2, 2018 in Palm Cross, Treadways, Linstead, St Catherine
Description: About 6 feet tall, medi­um build, light com­plex­ion which appear to be from skin bleach­ing, straight face, broad nose, thick lips, big mouth and corn­row hairstyle.
Frequents: Ocho Rios, St Ann; Portmore, St Catherine; Treadways, Linstead, St Catherine; St Mary.

80. Andy Parkinson
ST CATHERINE NORTH
Offence: Shooting with intent com­mit­ted on July 9, 2019 at McCooks Pen, Spanish Town, St Catherine
Description: Dark com­plex­ion, stout build, 5 feet tall, straight face, dark lips, twist­ed hair, about 22 years old, lots of liv­er spot on body.
Frequents: McCooks Pen, Spanish Town, St Catherine

81. Alvin Messam
Alias: Kevin
ST CATHERINE NORTH
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted on April 28, 2018 on White Water Boulevard in Spanish Town, St Catherine
Description: Over 5 feet 6 inch­es tall, slim build, dread­locked hair­style, straight face, pierced ears.
Frequents: Tawes Pen, Ellerslie Pen, Williams Lane, Bobby Lane, Spanish Town Market

82. Junior Brown
ST CATHERINE NORTH
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted on April 15, 2020 in Spring Vale District, Bog Walk, St Catherine
Description: Brown com­plex­ion, medi­um build, oval-shaped face
Frequents: Greendale, St Catherine; Manchester

83. Marlon Barnett
Alias: Shortman, Jamo
ST CATHERINE SOUTH
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted on February 14, 2014 at Lot #163 Vivaldy Ave, Caymanas Gardens, Site D, Gregory Park
Description: Suspect now sports a Rastafarian hair­style and is of bleached brown complexion
Frequents: West Kingston

84. Stokely Collings
Alias: Peppa
ST CATHERINE SOUTH
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted on March 15, 2013 in Zambia, Central Village, St Catherine
Description: Short, medi­um build, beard­ed and with lots of hair on head, brown com­plex­ion, seems to be in his 30s.
Last known address­es: Sam Sharpe Square, St James; Windsor Heights, Central Village, St Catherine

85.Barington Campbell
Alias: Coolie, Jason
ST CATHERINE SOUTH
Offence: Shooting with intent com­mit­ted on February 5, 2021 along Central Road, Spaulding Gardens, Central Village, St Catherine
Description: Long hair, ear­ly 20s, light complexion.
Last known address: Welder of Central Road, Big Lane, Central Village, St Catherine

86. Sheldon Wright
Alias: Bwoy
ST CATHERINE SOUTH
Offence: Murder com­mit­ted on October 28, 2020 on Manley Lane, Naggo Head, Portmore, St Catherine
Description: Dark com­plex­ion, slim build about, 5 feet and 7 inch­es tall, high forehead
Last known address: 441 Spanish Town Road, Kingston 11

87. Nesta Morrison
Alias: Bigga
ST THOMAS
Offence: Shooting with intent in rela­tion to police personnel
Last known address: Review Pen and Tank Weld Hill, Ten Miles Bull Bay, St Thomas
Frequents: 10 Miles Bull Bay, St Thomas; Harbour View, St Andrew, down­town Kingston

88. Gowayne Williams
Aliases: Chris, Nanu
ST THOMAS
Offences: Murder and wound­ing with intent
Last known address: Yallahs, St Thomas
Frequents: Truro dis­trict, Westmoreland

The secu­ri­ty forces con­duct­ed a tar­get­ed Raid at Artwell Drive, Pitfour, Granville, St. James between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm in search of ille­gal firearms, ammu­ni­tion, and lot­tery scam paraphernalia.
Targeted for appre­hen­sion were Jason Gentles (Ratty) and Blacks.
Five (5) Dwelling hous­es were searched. (3) Three firearms were recov­ered at the back of an old foul coop.
One Glock pis­tol with ser­i­al num­ber erased with one mag­a­zine affixed con­tain­ing (8) eight rounds 9 mm cartridges
One American Tactical Omni hybrid M16 rifle ser­i­al num­ber NS166074 with one mul­ti-cal­iber mag­a­zine (PMag) con­tain­ing 22 5.56 mm cartridges
One Sig Pro pis­tol ser­i­al num­ber SP0017501 with one mag­a­zine affixed con­tain­ing (10) ten .40 car­tridges, (2) two addi­tion­al Glock mag­a­zines, and one Browning mag­a­zine were also found along with eight lot­to-lead sheets, one bal­lis­tic vest, (6) six pairs reg­is­tra­tion plates. Seven per­sons were arrest­ed in con­nec­tion with the find, they are:

1. Rasi Hyde o/​c Blacks age 27 yrs Labourer of Norwood Gardens and Lot 43 Artwell Drive, Pitfour, Granville, St. James.
2. Brandon Campbell o/​c Ratty age 20 yrs Landscaper of Lot 43 Artwell Drive, Pitfour, Granville St. James and Westmoreland.
3. Sanchez Campbell o/​c Tommy age 26 yrs Shop Operator of Maroon Town, St. James
4. Richard Wright o/​c Bomb Head age 25 yrs Labourer of Tucker, Granville, St. James
5. Nickelia Authurs age 23 yrs Store Clerk of Tucker, Granville, St. James
6. Camille Bailey age 29 yrs Hairdresser of Chambers Drive, Granville, St. James
7. Georgette Mckenzie, age 27 yrs Security Officer of Lot 43 Artwell Drive, Pitfour, Granville, St. James.

Intelligence-based polic­ing is still the best form of polic­ing. A police depart­ment that does not have good intel­li­gence assets is oper­at­ing in the dark in today’s environment.
Recent weapons recov­ery by a spe­cial­ized branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force demon­strates, at least to this for­mer cop who thrived on intel­li­gence sup­plied by trust­ing assets that peo­ple are still will­ing to pro­vide infor­ma­tion to cops they can trust.

It was embar­rass­ing to hear Fitz Bailey, one of the senior lead­ers of the force, speak­ing to the dis­cov­ery of the firearms, talk­ing about winning[back] the trust of the Jamaican people.
Despite the con­stant harangu­ing by the morons in the dance hall indus­try who con­tin­ue to incite mur­der on any­one who dares give infor­ma­tion to the police, the Jamaican peo­ple have nev­er wavered in giv­ing crit­i­cal intel­li­gence to offi­cers they can [trust].
That word trust should be auto­mat­ic when we speak of police offi­cers, but far too often, some mem­bers of the force have squan­dered that trust, mak­ing the agen­cy’s job expo­nen­tial­ly more difficult.
People nev­er wavered in giv­ing infor­ma­tion to offi­cers who have earned that trust. Stationed at Mobile Reserve, I was able to get intel­li­gence that yield­ed a loaded M16 Rifle in a ceil­ing in Greenwich Farm.
Trust pro­vid­ed me with live intel­li­gence, lead­ing me to an armed gang­ster who want­ed me dead. Trust enabled me to remove dozens of crim­i­nals from the streets each month.
See the video here in the link below.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=search&v=481127340266781&external_log_id=33fc5ce5-a9e8-4b38-be24-2275b1e717bb&q=deputy%20commissioner%20of%20police%20fitz%20bailey%20speaks%20after%20weapons%20were%20recovered%20at%20national%20stadium%20east

Yesterday while this oper­a­tion was ongo­ing, I wrote an arti­cle direct­ed to the pow­ers that be on the Island. The arti­cle was the usu­al apo­lit­i­cal, high­ly crit­i­cal dia­tribe one would expect from me.
Yes, it pains my heart to see what a few hun­dred lit­tle punk-clowns are allowed to do to an entire coun­try while the lead­ers twid­dle their thumbs.
See the arti­cle below.
https://​mike​beck​les​.com/​g​o​v​e​r​n​m​e​n​t​-​s​i​t​s​-​o​n​-​i​t​s​-​a​s​s​-​a​n​d​-​d​o​e​s​-​a​b​s​o​l​u​t​e​l​y​-​n​o​t​h​i​n​g​-​t​o​-​e​x​t​e​r​m​i​n​a​t​e​-​m​u​r​d​e​r​o​u​s​-​g​a​n​gs/

At the time of pub­li­ca­tion, I had no idea that the Stadium oper­a­tion was ongo­ing, yield­ing eight ille­gal weapons and an assort­ment of ille­gal ammunition.
In the sug­ges­tions part of my arti­cle, I laid out some strate­gies that I know will yield results, includ­ing the following.
(Marshall assets of the Jamaica Defense Force have a few pla­toons of the JDF come over the back of the moun­tain (speak­ing of back bush), and seal off any escape back up the moun­tain. When those assets are in place, rapid­ly seal off the area from moun­tain view avenue to the south, Rockfort to the east, and upper Mountain View Avenue to the west, then slow­ly and delib­er­ate­ly squeeze the cir­cle toward the middle.
Once the area is sealed, police and sol­diers with dogs and bull­doz­ers tear down all unoc­cu­pied build­ings. Remove all zinc fences and find the guns and the shoot­ers, mov­ing inch by inch).
It is ratio­nal to imag­ine that guns have to be hid­den some­where; why has the gov­ern­ment not empow­ered the secu­ri­ty forces to go into these under­served com­mu­ni­ties and turn up every­thing until the guns are all recovered?

I sug­gest­ed that the secu­ri­ty forces build out that strat­e­gy once that oper­a­tion was com­plet­ed. Guaranteed that strat­e­gy would reduce mur­ders by 50% with­in the first three months and see a drop off of anoth­er 20% over time as the secu­ri­ty forces take back the com­mu­ni­ties. It hap­pened when Tivoli Gardens was annexed to Jamaica.

Tying up huge num­bers of police and sol­diers in com­mu­ni­ties to stand by the side of the road in sup­posed (ZOSOs) Zones of Special Operations and (SOEs) States of Emergencies is a retard­ed strat­e­gy. It is the same as apply­ing pret­ty wall­pa­per to old rot­ten walls.
It allows the per­son paper­ing the walls (the gov­ern­ment) the illu­so­ry effect of doing some­thing with­out actu­al­ly address­ing the prob­lem. Those who defend SOESs & ZOSOs, regard­less of their sta­tion, head of the army, or head of the force, no excep­tions, are just as retard­ed and duplic­i­tous as the government.
Go into the com­mu­ni­ties, tear down the zinc fences, and occu­py the space; that is how you stop this non­sense. You can­not police the coun­try from inside the stationhouse.

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Mike Beckles is a for­mer Police Detective, busi­ness­man, free­lance writer, black achiev­er hon­oree, and cre­ator of the blog mike​beck​les​.com.

At about 10:15 pm on January 21^st, a motorist dri­ving along the North-South Highway head­ing into Kingston alert­ed JDF per­son­nel in a ser­vice vehi­cle that occu­pants of a vehi­cle dumped the body of some­one from the vehicle.
The JDF per­son­nel led by a Captain inter­cept­ed a sil­ver Nissan Sylphy reg. 0972 GR is owned by Carnegie Motors with two men aboard.

One sus­pect gave his name as Okeif Brooks, a busi­ness­man of 425 Dove Place, Innswood Village DOB, March 9, 1985.
The oth­er sus­pect gave his name as Shekime Richards, tat­too artist of Featherbed Lane, Spanish Town, St. Catherine.
The sus­pec­t’s Nissan motor­car was searched by police, who arrived some­time later.

A Taurus revolver ser­i­al num­ber ZXH 2100035 was found on the floor of the car in the left front pas­sen­ger area, as also blood in the car.
An uniden­ti­fied body of a male was also dis­cov­ered about two kilo­me­ters from where the sus­pects were inter­cept­ed on the south­bound side.

Not to wor­ry, though, the two sus­pects will be out on bail soon­er than you can say peter-pat­ter. Jamaica’s judges have tak­en it upon them­selves to grant bail to all kinds of vio­lent gang­sters, includ­ing mur­der­ers. So expect these two to be out on bail soon, if they aren’t already out.

Nobody elect­ed Jamaica’s Judges; there­fore, their claim to inde­pen­dence is based on noth­ing more than a desire to be unac­count­able. There is a prob­lem; how­ev­er, as long as you are paid with pub­lic dol­lars, you must com­port your­self with the dic­tates of the terms of your employment.
I dare say that where that is con­cerned, Jamaica’s judges have been a colos­sal fail­ure and an inte­gral part of the nation’s crime pandemic.
For decades Police offi­cers and crime vic­tims have com­plained about the lax­i­ty and sense of non­cha­lance the Island’s judges approach deal­ing with vio­lent crim­i­nals before them, except for a few.
In many cas­es, they are bla­tant­ly hos­tile and dis­re­spect­ful to pros­e­cu­tors and police offi­cers while falling over them­selves to be def­er­en­tial to defense lawyers and their crim­i­nal clients.
Defense attor­neys like KD Knight, Churchill Neita, Bert Samuels, George Soutar, and oth­ers would behave as if they were the judges with­out con­se­quences or rebuke. Knight, Neita, and a few oth­ers were known to half stand with one boot­ed leg on the seat where they ought to be sit­ting while address­ing the judge.
I have nev­er seen a rebuke of their behav­ior, but God for­bid that a pros­e­cut­ing attor­ney makes a mis­take, or worse, a police offi­cer is late regard­less of the circumstance.……

The issue of Judges act­ing out­side the scope of their author­i­ty has been well doc­u­ment­ed. Today our once beau­ti­ful and peace­ful coun­try has been reduced to one of the top mur­der cap­i­tals of the world with the direct assis­tance of judges who believe they have the author­i­ty to cir­cum­vent the will of the peo­ple and their elect­ed officials.
The obsti­na­cy and igno­rance of many Jamaican peo­ple have allowed this prac­tice to con­tin­ue to the point that our coun­try is now tee­ter­ing on the brink of becom­ing a failed state.
Judges hand­ing down sus­pend­ed sen­tences with not a day in jail for crim­i­nals con­vict­ed of hav­ing unli­censed ille­gal guns and ammu­ni­tion in their posi­tion. Five and sev­en years sen­tences for mur­der, twelve years for a dou­ble mur­der­er with the option to receive parole in ten years.
These are failed social­ist prac­tices pro­grammed into these mis­guid­ed morons at the Norman Manley Law school and the oth­er left­ist insti­tu­tions scat­tered around the Caribbean.
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Lensley Wolfe was a judge at the gun court while I was serv­ing. Wolfe would lat­er go on to become chief jus­tice. (for what that’s worth. I was an act­ing cor­po­ral attached to CIB at Constant Spring.
As one of the offi­cers who was proac­tive in remov­ing crim­i­nals from the streets, my sched­ule was exhaustive.
Back then, CIB offi­cers’ life was expo­nen­tial­ly dif­fer­ent from that of uni­formed offi­cers. So my day start­ed at the office at 7.45 am. We worked through the day until 1:00 pm; we then got a break to go home, change, and be back at work by 6:00 pm the same day. We would work from 6:00 pm through the night until 8:00 am the next day.
If you worked at CIB back then, it was almost assured that you would have one or more court cas­es that would neces­si­tate your going home to show­er, grab a cup of cof­fee and be in court after that long work shift.
One morn­ing, hav­ing done the overnight sce­nario I out­lined, I dashed home, took a show­er, and got dressed; I had a case in the Gun court and a new one in the Half Way Tree Resident Magistrate’s Court (RM)…
Be remind­ed that I should be head­ing to bed ( we were not being paid extra for this work); we did it out of love for the job.
I got to Half Way Tree, hand­ed in the charg­ing Information to the clerk of courts, and informed her that I had a case in the high­er court that takes prece­dent over the RM court.
Again, all of these trav­els were in my pri­vate motor­car, for which I was not com­pen­sat­ed. I arrived at the Gun Court about ten min­utes after 10:00 am; the court start­ed at ten.
I believe I arrived at the gun Court no more than five min­utes after my case involv­ing my shot­ta was called.
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I was unaware that Lensley Wolfe had a grudge against me for what I am still in the dark to this day, and he cer­tain­ly will not be speak­ing to any­one any­time soon…
Wolfe attacked me imme­di­ate­ly after I walked into the court­room; he began berat­ing me for being late with­out the decen­cy or intel­li­gence of under­stand­ing that a front­line crime fight­er will have a legit­i­mate rea­son for being late that the court [must] respect.
He told me, “you mis­sa Beckles gwan like yu a bad man but yu don’t come to my court late” on and on he went on.
(Obviously bear­ing a grudge against me because I was unre­lent­ing in tak­ing gang­sters off the streets).
I could tell he felt pret­ty good about him­self because he rel­ished dis­re­spect­ing fool­ish police offi­cers who were afraid of his mouth.
When he fin­ished run­ning his mouth, I asked him, “are you done”? But I was­n’t done; I told him he had pow­ers only in that court­room, nowhere else, and that I had the pow­er to adjourn his court, ren­der­ing him pow­er­less. I also remind­ed him that my pow­ers extend­ed to every cor­ner of Jamaica and twelve [12] miles out to sea. I duti­ful­ly remind­ed him he had no pow­er to cur­tail my power.
That angered him, so he went on, “when I talk, you can go to your fed­er­a­tion” I laughed in his face and remind­ed him that I had zero inter­est in the police Federation to fight my bat­tles but that his stat­ed ani­mus against me which was on record would go a far way in my case to the Privy Council.
That shut him up fast; he nev­er uttered anoth­er syl­la­ble out­side the case I had before him. Police offi­cers from all over the coun­try called to con­grat­u­late me for doing what far too many were too pissed- scared to do.
The only time I saw Lensley Wolfe was at the Constant Spring Police Station, where he had shown up to renew his gun license. Yes, that is how gun licens­es were renewed in the ear­ly 90s. Walking down a cor­ri­dor, he saw me and imme­di­ate­ly turned around and dashed into an office.
I nev­er saw his ugly mug again until I left the force in 91.
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I see police offi­cers allow­ing them­selves to be dis­re­spect­ed by these char­la­tans who are more respect­ful of the gang­sters than hard­work­ing law enforce­ment officers.
As a young offi­cer then, I can attest that no judge dared be remote­ly dis­re­spect­ful to me, and I would not be dis­re­spect­ful to them. Most of these lit­tle bureau­crats have a bloat­ed sense of impor­tance and lit­tle recog­ni­tion that the pow­er they wield has been giv­en to them by the peo­ple they are hurt­ing with their actions…
I want­ed to lay this ques­tion to rest because the titles, ‘mi lord” ‘& ‘your hon­or,’ seem to have gone to the head of some of these clowns.
It is the respon­si­bil­i­ty of the vot­ers to vote out politi­cians who refuse to act on their behalf. It is the respon­si­bil­i­ty of the vot­ers to sweep from pow­er those who refuse to act to pro­tect the nation and replace them with oth­ers who com­mit to fix­ing the lax laws that allow this pro­tract­ed vio­lence in our country.
If they do not do what they com­mit­ted to, vote them out until real lead­ers are found.
The laws in our coun­try are a joke. They pose zero deter­rent effect to would-be crim­i­nals; in addi­tion, the Judges return the most vio­lent crim­i­nals to the street using the archa­ic argu­ments that bail is not sup­posed to be used as punishment.
It is time that the peo­ple remove any gov­ern­ment that refus­es to pro­tect them with strong laws that deter criminals.
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FIXES

The Jamaican Government seems to be fix­at­ed in a state of dor­man­cy on the issue of crime. The admin­is­tra­tion believes that the killers will stop killing if it says and does noth­ing. So it says and does nothing.
I write his arti­cle with zero empa­thy for the Prime Minister and the sit­u­a­tion he finds him­self in.
Let me be clear; I total­ly under­stand that the young Prime Minister would come to the job of Prime Minister with a desire to trans­form the Jamaica Constabulary Force. Hell, If I were in his shoes, the trans­for­ma­tion would have been dra­mat­i­cal­ly different.
The dif­fer­ence with my approach as opposed to his ‑is that I would trans­form the force, and the mem­bers would know that it was for their good and ben­e­fit, and so would the nation.
Unfortunately, Andrew Holness alien­at­ed the police in words and deeds even as he ele­vat­ed INDECOM and bleed­ing-heart bot­tom feed­ers who claim to be human rights activists.
The sad irony with those bot­tom feed­ers is that they nev­er have a sin­gle thing to say when inno­cent Jamaicans are mur­dered, not even when lit­tle boys have their throats slashed.
Last Year, 1,463 mur­ders were report­ed to the police, who long lost the fight against vio­lent crim­i­nals. Homicides went up in most police divi­sions across the Island, and if the past is pro­logue, this year will be even more bloody.

The Police Force need­ed over­sight, and it had over­sight. However, the intro­duc­tion of a new Agency, the Independent Commission of Investigations, INDECOM, could not have been cre­at­ed at a worse time.
This writer warned that even though the police force was deeply cor­rupt and was get­ting even more so, tying the hands of the police was not the answer, par­tic­u­lar­ly when hard­ened first-world crim­i­nals were being deport­ed back to Jamaica in droves from sev­er­al countries.
Not only was INDECOM untime­ly, but the new­ly mint­ed Commissioner was also unnec­es­sar­i­ly con­fronta­tion­al and antag­o­nis­tic toward the police.
The antag­o­nism com­ing from the Government, the human rights bot­tom feed­ers, INDECOM, along with the influx of depor­tees, cre­at­ed the per­fect storm for crime to thrive on the Island.
Everyone want­ed in on the act, so the judges joined the fray-releas­ing gun con­victs back onto the streets, often with probation.
It became the norm there­after for mur­der con­victs to receive twelve and ten-year sen­tences even for com­mit­ting mul­ti­ple homicides.
In the mad­ness of anti-police mele, crim­i­nals were con­sol­i­dat­ing and expand­ing their mur­der­ous empire all across the length and breadth of the Island.
They have sup­port­ers in Gordon House, in the high­est ech­e­lons of the Island’s judi­cia­ry, and the most sophis­ti­cat­ed com­mu­ni­ties for all intents and pur­pos­es.
Crime has become inex­tri­ca­bly inter­twined into the coun­try’s pop­u­lar cul­ture that nei­ther polit­i­cal par­ty has a clue how to dis­man­tle the crim­i­nal gangs.
I ques­tion whether either polit­i­cal par­ty wants this cav­al­cade of killings to stop.

For the aver­age Jamaican who would like peace and secu­ri­ty, their chances of hav­ing either lies in a visa and get­ting the hell away because nei­ther polit­i­cal par­ty intends to take the steps nec­es­sary to end the killings.
Lobbyists for crim­i­nals parad­ing as human rights agen­cies and indi­vid­u­als have more sway over anti-crime leg­is­la­tion than law-abid­ing Jamaicans.
It real­ly is not hard, manda­to­ry min­i­mum sen­tences of 25 with or with­out the pos­si­bil­i­ty of parole for mur­der depend­ing on the cir­cum­stances of the case.
Caught with an ille­gal gun, min­i­mum ten years impris­on­ment. Release the police to go after the killers unfet­tered and bring them in dead or alive, their choice.
Jamaica can­not con­tin­ue to have a nation­al secu­ri­ty pol­i­cy based on crim­i­nals’ rights. We need a vic­tim-cen­tered anti-crime strat­e­gy any­thing else is blow­ing smoke up the col­lec­tive ass­es of the Jamaican people.
For decades dance hall was allowed to set the stage in how the pub­lic inter­act­ed with law enforce­ment. Police offi­cers were labeled police boys, Babylon boys, pussy­holes, and the aver­age Jamaican were told that inform­ers must die.
The cumu­la­tive effect of that over the last four decades or so has been a Jamaica that has very lit­tle respect for the rule of law or those who enforce the laws.
So spare me just a lit­tle sar­casm if I do not give a shit about the croc­o­dile tears com­ing from that fra­ter­ni­ty on the sub­ject of mur­ders in Jamaica.
Andrew Holness start­ed with a botanist as nation­al secu­ri­ty min­is­ter; today, we have a med­ical doc­tor in that job and a sol­dier doing the work of a top cop. Those appoint­ments should not engen­der any con­fi­dence in the admin­is­tra­tion to get the job done. At the very least, we need peo­ple in those posi­tions who know want the hell it takes to get the job done.
None of that mat­ters as much as the refusal of the JLP admin­is­tra­tion and the PNP oppo­si­tion to pass laws that send a clear mes­sage that we will not tol­er­ate any more of this shit.
Laws that remove from the dirty judges remit the abil­i­ty to turn vio­lent crim­i­nals loose as soon as they are found guilty.

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Mike Beckles is a for­mer Police Detective, busi­ness­man, free­lance writer, black achiev­er hon­oree, and cre­ator of the blog mike​beck​les​.com.

’ve read the cur­rent report­ing regard­ing Jason Walker and Lt. (Jeffrey) Hash and as much detail as has been released in The Fayetteville Observer. As a gun enthu­si­ast and a CCW per­mit hold­er who has vol­un­tar­i­ly under­gone almost 200 hours of self-paid train­ing, I have one ques­tion. Walker was beat­ing on a wind­shield with a wiper. Is this threat con­sid­ered deadly?

In all of my train­ing, there is one under­ly­ing rule imme­di­ate­ly fol­low­ing the four rules of gun safe­ty. Do not shoot an unarmed per­son. In order to con­sid­er shoot­ing any­one, you must rea­son­ably believe your own life or another’s is in imme­di­ate dan­ger. In oth­er words, some­one attack­ing you with any sort of weapon, includ­ing in some cas­es their hands, may be con­sid­ered a threat to your life.

Granted there will always be gray areas that hope­ful­ly are fair­ly inves­ti­gat­ed after a shoot­ing event that reveals the assailant could have caused death. That may be a dis­cus­sion for anoth­er time. My imme­di­ate ques­tion involves Lt. Hash and Jason Walker. As has been report­ed, Walker was on Lt. Hash’s hood and was beat­ing on Hash’s wind­shield with a wiper blade. In my world that’s pret­ty vio­lent, scary at some point, even-out-of-con­trol on Walker’s part. But not dead­ly, not yet. Crazy, yes, but not dead­ly. If I’m to under­stand cor­rect­ly, Hash was still inside his vehi­cle and had many less-lethal options to regain con­trol of the event. As report­ed, Hash left his vehi­cle and shot Walker. At this point, Walker was not a dead­ly threat. Angry, act­ing out, ver­bal­ly and/​or phys­i­cal­ly abu­sive pos­si­bly. But not dead­ly. If those are the cir­cum­stances there is yet one more impor­tant question.

Why would Lt. Hash not be as respon­si­ble for the out­come as I would be? Put me in that dri­ver’s seat, and I know I’m going to jail sim­ply because I’m not a Law Enforcement Officer. I would be charged, have to spend thou­sands on defense, and prob­a­bly con­vict­ed. Because at that point my life was not threat­ened. I would have had a lot of oth­er options to mit­i­gate the prob­lem that do not involve my gun. Even if I’m not found guilty, my life will be ruined in every con­ceiv­able way. Hopefully, this hor­ri­ble event will be sort­ed out in a trans­par­ent man­ner. I’ll be watch­ing closely.

This arti­cle orig­i­nal­ly appeared on The Fayetteville Observer: Letter: Pro-gun Fayetteville read­er asks if a wind­shield wiper is a dead­ly threat

Who did not know that the new policy which demands that cops intervene to stop their criminal colleagues from assaulting civilians would run into issues like these?