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| Kingston Mayor Delroy Williams (left) speaks with a mother as her child watches members of the police force and the PMI walk through the communities along Mountain View Avenue, yesterday. |
Published:Friday | December 29, 2017 | 12:00 AMJason Cross
Representatives of two warring factions from Mountain View, St Andrew, turned up at the Mountain View New Testament Church yesterday to engage in private talks with stakeholders - including the Peace Management Initiative (PMI) and the Jamaica Constabulary Force - intent on drawing the brakes on the recent upsurge of gun violence in the area.
Since the flare-up, which some residents say kicked off roughly three to four weeks ago, citizens of Mountain View have been on edge and in constant fear for their lives.
The residents most affected have been those living on Goodwich Lane and Jacques Road.
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| Parliamentarians Julian Robinson (second right), Fayval Williams, and Deputy Mayor Winston Ennis (second left) speak with a resident during a tour of Mountain View Avenue, yesterday. |
Deputy Superintendent Robert Walker, the head of the Kingston Eastern Police, told The Gleaner that after stakeholders and the men met, he was left to contemplate a concern expressed by residents that the last time peace was achieved in Mountain View, conditions were normalised for years, but stakeholders eventually dropped the ball.
"One of the things that members of the community said is that they don't want this [intervention[ to happen now, and then afterwards, we just drop it," Walker said. more
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