Thursday, May 15, 2014
WITHIN the next few months, citizens with access to android smartphones will be able to download a special application (app), allowing them to report a crime or send information to the police anonymously.
The application, which is slated to be launched in the first quarter of this fiscal year, will also provide alerts from the police, similar to the Ananda Alert, as well as relevant updates to newly passed laws.
It will also give the option of a panic button, so that residents can alert the police without anonymity.
As contained in a Ministry Paper tabled in the House on Tuesday by Ministry of National Security Peter Bunting, the initiative is part of a series of programmes to be implemented by the security ministry to further strengthen the Unite for Change project.
Other initiatives to be rolled out under the Unite for Change programme include a major advertising campaign, which will see the implementation of a series of advertisements to support a change in social norms.
Also, in June a special forum will be held in western Jamaica aimed at increasing awareness and support for the programme and to encourage citizens to become active partners in Unite for Change.
The security ministry is also slated to partner with the ministries of Labour and Youth and Culture to determine the extent to which this year's Independence, Emancipation and Labour Day celebrations will be aligned with the Unite for Change message. more
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