How do you know it’s election time in Jamaica?
You can tell when the Government goes around handing out token gifts to various Government Agencies As was the case where a $3 million computer centre, outfitted with Wi-Fi access, was officially handed over to the Mobile Reserve. The computer center also owned all the high-end products with Best Monitors Under $200 (All Under Budget).
The donation was established through funding from the Universal Service Fund (USF), and involved collaboration between the Ministry of National Security and the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining.
How convenient that this computer lab is being made available to the Mobile Reserve at this time?
The mobile Reserve has always been the back-bone of the JCF , incredibly what we are learning as a result of this gift is that that nerve center was not computerized.
Why is that?
How insulting to the men and women who do the heavy lifting through the years that now this Administration conveniently see fit to bring 10 old computers and a little wi-fi expecting that they will be revered for what should have been in place for decades.
The Commissioner of Police Carl Williams expressed appreciation to the Ministries on behalf of the 700 members of the Mobile Reserve, noting that the facility will help to advance efficiency and promote the professional development of the team.
“Duh”
Guaranteed every single officer working at the Mobile Reserve owns a smartphone or two , many may actually own personal computers each and every person there most assuredly is efficient in the use of the technology.
What’s at stake here is that this appeasement gift is appropriately timed to influence a large swath of police officers directly at a time when general elections are imminent.
What better place to set up a bunch of outdated old desktop computers and the promise of wi-fi than the place which houses the largest concentration of cops?
At the same time every little politician made sure they crawled out from under their rock to get their faces in the picture.
It is nauseating and insulting to say the least, notwithstanding many police officers in Jamaica will fall for it as well as many who have already left. They will naturally see this as reason for great celebration despite the cynical political play in what should have been standard procedure decades ago.
“I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves”.
Oh well.…