by

St Ann Justices Of The Peace Welcome New Cops To St Ann: Superintendent Urges Citizens To Coöperate With Police

PHOTO BY CARL GILCHRIST Chairman of the St Ann Justices of the Peace Association, Pixley Irons (left) and Custos Norma Walters, pay keen attention to Superintendent Wayne Cameron, commander for St Ann, while the three discuss matters relating to policing in the parish.
PHOTO BY CARL GILCHRIST Chairman of the St Ann Justices of the Peace Association, Pixley Irons (left) and Custos Norma Walters, pay keen atten­tion to Superintendent Wayne Cameron, com­man­der for St Ann, while the three dis­cuss mat­ters relat­ing to polic­ing in the parish.

Ocho Rios, St Ann:

Faced with an increase in mur­ders in St Ann, over last year, recent­ly installed com­man­der for the parish, Superintendent Wayne Cameron, has appealed to cit­i­zens to coöper­ate with the police to reduce the mur­der rate. Speaking with The Gleaner at a wel­come recep­tion for 23 new police per­son­nel, host­ed by the St Ann Justices of the Peace Association, at the John McDowell Conference Centre at the St Ann Chamber of Commerce com­plex at Pineapple, Ocho Rios, Cameron high­light­ed three areas in which res­i­dents could assist. “I am say­ing to the cit­i­zens of the parish that, one, where they have domes­tic issues call upon the police to assist them to work­ing through it. We have had too many domes­tic sit­u­a­tions that have esca­lat­ed into mur­ders, so the police are will­ing to work with you. “Two, where you have observed that strange peo­ple are enter­ing and leav­ing your com­mu­ni­ties, call the police.

Gun Campaign

“And, final­ly, we are on a get-the-gun cam­paign, so if you know where ille­gal guns are kept, or of peo­ple who are car­ry­ing ille­gal guns, please let me have the infor­ma­tion. You have my full con­fi­dence.” Turning to the new offi­cers, Cameron said where­as they have to be prop­er­ly super­vised, they are expect­ed to per­form well and main­tain a high lev­el of dis­ci­pline. “And we ask cit­i­zens of the parish to coöper­ate with us,” he urged. Meanwhile, chair­man of the asso­ci­a­tion, Pixley Irons, used the oppor­tu­ni­ty to encour­age the police. He pre­dict­ed that one of them would, one day, rise to become com­mis­sion­er of police. “We would like to get a suc­cess sto­ry from this group,” he encour­aged them. “I might not (be around to) know, but you can men­tion it in your inau­gur­al speech, if a com­mis­sion­er comes from this group.” Irons described the meet­ing as being “good”. “We decid­ed to meet with them, to intro­duce them and let them know what we expect of them; to tell them some of the con­cerns that we are hav­ing, and what we are look­ing for­ward to from them in the future.” “We hope we can do anoth­er ses­sion like this lat­er on, to guide them along Read more here :St Ann Justices Of The Peace Welcome New Cops To St Ann: Superintendent Urges Citizens To Coöperate With Police