INDECOM Worried About Fatal Police Shootings For First Two Months

WITH 31 peo­ple killed by the police just two months into 2017, the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) says it is wor­ried that the coun­try could record more than 200 such killings for the year. According to sta­tis­tics released yes­ter­day by INDECOM dur­ing a press con­fer­ence at its offices on Dumfries Road in Kingston, 19 peo­ple were shot and killed by the police in January, while anoth­er 12 were shot and killed in February.

Assistant INDECOM Commissioner Hamish Campbell said January’s fatal­i­ties rep­re­sent­ed a 55 per cent increase over last year, which saw only sev­en fatal shoot­ings by the police. Another 11 peo­ple, Campbell said, were also shot and injured dur­ing the first two months of the year.

WITH 31 peo­ple killed by the police just two months into 2017, the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) says it is wor­ried that the coun­try could record more than 200 such killings for the year. According to sta­tis­tics released yes­ter­day by INDECOM dur­ing a press con­fer­ence at its offices on Dumfries Road in Kingston, 19 peo­ple were shot and killed by the police in January, while anoth­er 12 were shot and killed in February.

Assistant INDECOM Commissioner Hamish Campbell said January’s fatal­i­ties rep­re­sent­ed a 55 per cent increase over last year, which saw only sev­en fatal shoot­ings by the police. Another 11 peo­ple, Campbell said, were also shot and injured dur­ing the first two months of the year. http://​www​.jamaicaob​serv​er​.com/​n​e​w​s​/​I​N​D​E​C​O​M​-​w​o​r​r​i​e​d​-​a​b​o​u​t​-​f​a​t​a​l​-​p​o​l​i​c​e​-​s​h​o​o​t​i​n​g​s​-​f​o​r​-​f​i​r​s​t​-​t​w​o​-​m​o​n​t​h​s​_​9​0​960

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