Jamaica Constabulary Force
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| State level | national authority | ||
| Position of the authority | police | ||
| legal form | Government agency | ||
| Supervisory authority (s) |
Jamaican Government ; before 1962: British High Commissioner for Police |
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| Consist | since November 18, 1867 |
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| Headquarters | 101-103 Old Hope Road Kingston 6 Jamaica |
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| Commissioner of Police | Carl McKay Williams | ||
| Employee | approx. 9,600 | ||
| Website | www.jcf.gov.jm | ||
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (abbreviation: JCF; English for Jamaica Police Force ) is the Jamaican police force . It was founded by the British on November 18, 1867 during colonial times and has existed since the country gained independence in 1962.
history
The Jamaican police force was founded after the experience of the Morant Bay uprising in 1865.
As early as 1716 an attempt was made to set up Jamaican police forces. At that time, night watchmen were employed in Port Royal , Kingston, and Saint Andrew Parish and Saint Catherine Parish . The first legislative efforts to establish police forces took place in Jamaica in 1832, in 1835 William Ramsay was appointed the first Inspector General and the first attempts to coordinate existing police activities were made in 1856. But long before, namely in 1671, King Charles II made it clear . the need for appropriate security forces. Rules and guidelines have been adopted from the Royal Irish Constabulary . The Morant Bay Uprising ultimately revealed deficiencies in training and discipline.
1867 the law "to constitute at improved Police Force to be called The Jamaica" ( "... to an improved police force called The Jamaica Constabulary Force has been constituted .") Adopted. The chief of police and many of the officers came from the disbanded 3rd Battalion of the West India Regiment . At first there were 917 men. In Spanish Town , a training center was set up in the Old Imperial Barracks . Until 1970, the training was more military and the training center was later set up in Kingston (16 Elletson Road).
In 1968 the police comprised around 3,000 men. In May 2014, the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF) was integrated into the JCF. Internal corruption , police force and the disproportionate use of resources shape the history of the JCF.
Police chiefs
Initially, the designation of the chief of police was Inspector General of Police / of Constabulary (inspector general of the police), along with the title Inspector General of Prisons (prisons). Since the restructuring in 1948, the title / salutation of the police chief corresponds to his rank of Commissioner (of Police) or Police Commissioner. The main address today is Kingston.
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 United Kingdom
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| Designation: Inspector General of Police / Constabulary | |||
| 1867-1878 | John Henry Prenderville | ||
| 1879-1886 | Edward Hughes Brodrick Hartwell | 1837 | 1895 |
| 1887-1891 | Louis Frederick Knollys | 1847 | 1902 |
| 1892-1895 | Edmund Peel | ||
| 1896-1899 | Morris James Fawcett | 1845 | |
| 1900-1904 | Edward Fortescue Wright | 1858 | 1904 |
| 1904-1917 | Arthur Edwin Kershaw | 1852 | 1934 |
| 1918-1925 | William Eden Clarke | 1863 | 1940 |
| 1925-1932 | Melville David Harrel (l) | 1872 | |
| 1932-1947 | Owen Franklin "Jack" Wright | 1887 | 1971 |
| Designation: Commissioner of Police | |||
| 1948-1953 | Walter A. Calver | ||
| 1953-1958 | Reginald Townend Michelin | 1903 | 1998 |
| 1958–1962 | Lawrence Peter Reginald Browning | 1915 | 1966 |
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| 1962-1964 | Noel Alfred Croswell | 1909 | 1964 |
| 1964-1970 | Alfred Gordon Langdon | ||
| 1970-1973 | Jack R. Middleton | ||
| 1973-1977 | Basil Linton Robinson | 1915 | 1992 |
| 1977-1980 | Desmond O. Campbell | ||
| 1980-1982 | Wilbert "Bill" O. Bowes | 1925 | 2008 |
| 1982-1984 | Joseph "Joe" E. Williams | 1921 | |
| 1984-1991 | Herman Emanuel Ricketts | 1931 | 2003 |
| 1991-1993 | Roy E. Thompson | 1933 | |
| 1993-1996 | Trevor NN MacMillan | 1941 | 2011 |
| 1996-2005 | Francis A. Forbes | 1951 | |
| 2005-2007 | Lucius Thomas | 1949 | |
| 2007-2009 | Hardley McCarlay Lewin | 1954 | |
| 2010-2014 | Owen Lloyd Ellington | 1962 | |
| since 2014 | Carl McKay Williams | 1964 | |
Ranks
(hierarchically from top to bottom; see also: ranks of the British police )
- Commissioner (of Police)
- Deputy Commissioner (of Police)
- Assistant Commissioner (of Police)
- Senior Superintendent (of Police)
- Superintendent (of Police)
- Deputy Superintendent (of Police)
- Assistant Superintendent (of Police)
- Inspector (of Police)
- Sergeant (of Police)
- Corporal (of police)
- Constable (of Police)
equipment
The JCF is equipped with the Glock pistol , the FN Browning HP , the HK MP5 , the M16 and the M4 .
Glock 17
M4
M16
MP5
Suzuki SX4 Sedan of JCF
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Web links
- Official website
- Book of Rules , Jamaica Constabulary Force
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Jamaica Constabulary Force ; In: International Police Academy Review , Ed. 2, No. 3, Office of Public Safety - Agency for international Development, Washington DC, United States, July 1968, pp. 6, 10, 11.
- ↑ History ( Memento of the original from September 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , The Jamaica Constabulary Force.
- ↑ Chapter V: The Story ; In: Herbert T. Thomas: The Story of a West Indian Policeman , Gleaner Verlag, 1921, p. 35.
- ^ ISCF and JCF Merger Proceeding as Planned m Jamaica Information Service, April 11, 2014.
- ^ Anthony Harriott: Police and Crime Control in Jamaica: Problems of Reforming Ex-colonial Constabularies , University of the West Indies Press, 2000.
- ↑ Past Commissioners ( Memento of the original from September 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Jamaica Constabulary Force.
