As Jamaica’s Crime Monitoring and Oversight Committee prepares to update the nation on its deliberations, stakeholders will be acutely aware that the wave of violence flaring for decades is still at crisis […]
Jamaica: Murder Wave Tops Agenda
Jamaica: 700 J’cans Murdered Since COVID Outbreak – Distant Finds Figure Disappointing In Light Of Restrictions
Amid the throes of the coronavirus pandemic, more than 700 people have been murdered across Jamaica since the dreaded respiratory ailment reached local soil. The staggering death toll comes despite a range […]
Bahamas: Overall crime down nine percent, murders decline 29 percent
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Crime declined nine percent in The Bahamas between January 1 and September 30, compared to the same period last year, according to Police Commissioner Paul Rolle. During a report to […]
Guyana: Draft terms for RSS probe set
The draft terms of reference and an Memorandum of Understanding for the investigations to be led by the Regional Security System (RSS) officials into the murders of the three West Coast Berbice […]
NYC: More NYPD officers shifting to weekends after violent and deadly weekend
NEW YORK (WABC) — Many NYPD officers will now have to work a Saturday or Sunday as the department shifts schedules to combat the growing number of weekend shootings and cuts in […]
USA: Chicago Hospital Stopped Accepting Patients; Too Many Shooting Victims
According to reports, Chicago’s Mount Sinai Hospital temporarily stopped accepting patients over the week because they were at capacity after a string of shootings. Senior VP for External Affairs—Roberta Ravoke said the […]
The Power of a Park Can a new U.S.-funded park help make El Salvador safe again?
For many Americans, El Salvador is most closely associated these days with mass migration, grinding poverty, and gang violence. But the grim headlines mask some signs of hope. El Salvador’s murder rate […]
Trinidad: MSJ-Murders still rampant one year after Gary
AS the one-year marker approaches since Gary Griffith was appointed Commissioner of Police on August 6, 2018, the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) says murder is still as rampant as it was […]
Jamaica: Church Calls For Collaboration To Tackle Crime
The Jamaica Council of Churches (JCC) has chided the Government for seemingly formulating and implementing crime-fighting ideas on its own without including or consulting with the Church or civil-society groups. A release […]
Jamaica: “The greatest threat posed by Jamaica’s high murder rate”
Jamaica’s Vision 2030 reads thus: “Jamaica, the place of choice to live, work, raise families and do business.” Goal #2 of Vision 2030 states the following: “The Jamaican society is safe, cohesive […]
