IN JAMAICA: Steady decline in police-related killings, INDECOM says....at the end of October 2014, the Commission recorded 103 fatalities, 117 less than last year for the same period when 220 such incidents were recorded.

Monday, November 10, 2014 | 5:08 PM    

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) says it has recorded a steady decline in the number of security-force related fatalities for the past 10 months of 2014.

According to INDECOM at the end of October 2014, the Commission recorded 103 fatalities, 117 less than last year for the same period when 220 such incidents were recorded.

The months reflecting the highest numbers of fatalities for 2014 were January with 22 and February and May with 14 each, INDECOM said.

In the previous year the months with the highest number of incidents were January with 30, June with 35, October with 40 and February with 27. Of the 10 months reviewed this year, five recorded single-digit figures. In the previous year only one month recorded single digit number of fatalities, INDECOM reported.

Of note INDECOM said, is the sharp decline in fatalities recorded this October. Last year 40 fatalities were recorded in the month, while in 2014 five were recorded, representing an 87.5 per cent decline.

According to INDECOM, if incidents of fatalities continue on the current trajectory, Jamaica may see its lowest number of security force-related fatalities since INDECOM began operations in August 2010.