MONTEGO BAY, St James — Acting Commissioner of Police Novelette Grant has lashed out at people who warn wrongdoers of the police’s approach to their communities, in a scathing attack against residents who take the side of criminals.
“Don’t signal to them (criminals). Don’t give paralanguage and sign language, and all kind of sounds in the community, to tell them that we (police) are coming. Don’t do that because what you are doing is exposing yourself to even greater risks and danger,“ the acting police commissioner charged.
She also questioned why citizens are so unwilling to communicate what they know to the police when they can surreptitiously pass on information through Crime Stop and the Stay Alert app.
“I am saying, why are communities being complicit with criminals? You can’t be complicit with criminals and turn around say who is going to protect you because there are many avenues for you to report without having to put yourself out there. We have Crime Stop, and we have various ways, we have Stay Alert app that we are asking people to download. So we are not asking you to jump up in the street and point on people,” she argued. Read more : http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/regional/Top-cop-lashes-out-at-people-who-back-wrongdoers_93423