Friday, November 14, 2014
A group of Jamaican police officers is taking a course with United States trainers to practise ways of subduing people without permanently injuring or killing them, officials said yesterday.
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| (From left) National Security Minister Peter Bunting; Elizabeth Martinez, chargé d'affaires at the United States Embassy Kingston; Police Commissioner Carl Williams, and an unidentified member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) with some of the crimefighting equipment donated by the United States Government to the JCF yesterday. The occasion was the launch of the Less-lethal Force Train the Trainer Course at the National Police College in Twickenham Park, St Catherine. (PHOTO: KIMMO MATTHEWS) |
Twenty-six officers with the Jamaica Constabulary Force are enrolled in the Less-lethal Force Train the Trainer Course at the National Police College in Twickenham Park, St Catherine. The course focuses on the use of weaponry like batons and pepper spray to avoid lethal force. The participants are expected to return to their divisions and train others.
Yesterday, at the official launch of the course, government, police and US Embassy officials were given a demonstration.
Afterwards, National Security Minister Peter Bunting announced that the US had provided $2 million worth of batons, pepper spray, handcuffs and utility belts for the Jamaican police.
Bunting said the donation followed a commitment made by the US in 2012 to provide the equipment. He noted that the donation, coupled with an order made for similar quantities of the devices, will be enough to equip front-line police personnel.
He said that the kits, which are of a high quality, are an investment for the medium and long term. more
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