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JAMAICA CONSTABULARY FORCE ORDERS
PART I - ADMINISTRATION AND NOTIFICATIONS
27TH OCTOBER, 2011
Sub. No. 1
SERIAL NO. 3360
POLICE ELECTORS ON THE VOTERS’ LIST
A copy of the Voters’ List with police electors has been emailed to Area/Branch and Divisional
Commanders. Members are to check these lists and verify their information. They may
forward any request for changes through their Commanders who will forward it to the
Superintendent of Police in charge Personnel Division for onward transmission to the Electoral
Office of Jamaica (EOJ), not later than November 7, 2011.
A list of constituency offices islandwide is at Appendix ‘A’ and members can also visit any of
these offices to make the necessary request for changes.
Sub. No. 2
JAMAICA CONSTABULARY FORCE IDENTIFICATION CARD FORM
Reference is to Force Orders No. 3358 Part I Sub. No. 9 dated 2011-10-13 treating on
identification cards for members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force and its Auxiliaries. In
order to assist in the provision of the proper information for the production of the identification
card, the form attached as Appendix ‘B’ is to be completed and submitted to the JCF Human
Resource Branch, 3rd Floor, South Tower, 2 Oxford Road, Kingston 5.
The division/formation will then be contacted and advised of the date when the member
should attend the Police National Computer Centre, 103 Old Hope Road, Kingston 6 to take the
ID photograph.
Sub. No. 3
ROLE AND FUNCTION OF THE POLICE AT POLITICAL MEETINGS
In keeping with the general sensitization of all members on matters pertaining to general
elections, this week we will deal specifically with the Public Order Act as it relates to the
holding of political meetings. Members are reminded that once nomination day is held, all
meetings organized by any political party is regarded as a political meeting and the provisions
of the Public Order Act apply.
The following are excerpts from the Public Order Act and must form the subject of lectures and
seminars for the next six weeks:
Political meeting is any meeting held:
(a)
in a constituency between nomination day and election day, both days inclusive, at an
election for a member of the House of Representative for that constituency; or
(b)
in an electoral division between nomination day and election day, both days inclusive,
at an election for a member of a Parish Council or for a Councillor of the Kingston and
Saint Andrew Corporation for that electoral division,
for the purpose of furthering or criticizing the aims, objects, action or programme of any
political party or for the purpose of supporting or opposing the candidature for any
individual as against any others at such election, and if any speaker at any meeting held
as aforesaid refers to or discusses the aims, objects, action or programme of any political
party or the candidature of any individual at such election such meeting shall, until the
contrary is proved, be deemed to be a political meeting.
“Public march” means
any march or procession in a public place comprising (whether wholly or partly
pedestrians, vehicles (however propelled or drawn), or bicycles (however propelled),
except a march or procession(e) ....by any other body approved by the Minister;
Any citizen making a report at any police station must be issued
with a receipt by the police officer taking the report.
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FORCE ORDERS (CONT’D)
27TH OCTOBER, 2011
SERIAL NO. 3360
ROLE AND FUNCTION OF THE POLICE AT POLITICAL MEETINGS (CONT’D)
“Public Meeting” includes
any meeting in a public place and any meeting which the public or any section thereof
are permitted to attend, whether on payment or otherwise;
“Public Place” means –
any highway, street, public park or garden, any sea, beach and any public bridge, road,
lane, footway, square, court, alley or passage, whether a thoroughfare or not, and
includes any open space and any premises to which, for the time being, the public have
or are permitted to have access, whether on payment or otherwise.
MARCHES AND PROCESSIONS
Section 3
“daylight” is the interval between five o’clock in the morning and the
succeeding six o’clock in the evening;
“night” is the interval between six o’clock in the evening and five o’clock in the
morning of the next succeeding day;
“permit” means a permit granted under the provisions of section 8.
Section 4
It shall be unlawful for any public march to take place in the night.
Section 5
Any member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force not below the rank of Corporal
may require any person leading any public march in the night or appearing to
him to be the leader or one of the leaders of such public march to call upon such
public march to disperse.
Section 6
It shall be unlawful for any public march to take place in daylight unless a
permit has been issued in respect thereof.
Section 7
Sub. (1)
Sub. (2)
I.
II.
III.
IV.
where any person desires to organize any public march in daylight he shall, at
least three days before such intended public march make application for a
permit to the senior officer of the Jamaica Constabulary Force for the parish in
which the public march is to take place, or to the Commissioner of Police if the
application relates to the Corporate Area of Kingston and Saint Andrew.
Every application made in accordance with sub-section (1) shall contain:
point of departure;
route and point of termination;
the hours between which such march will take place; and
an estimate of the number of persons who are expected to participate in such
march.
Section 8
Sub. (1)
An officer to whom application is made in accordance with the provisions of
section 7 may, in any case, refuse or grant the application.
Sub. (2)
In cases where such application is granted the officer shall issue to the applicant
a permit for the desired public march specifying therein the route to be followed
and the times between which it shall take place.
Section 9
Any member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force of the rank of Corporal and
above may require any person leading any public march who is acting contrary
to the permit to disperse.
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Any citizen making a report at any police station must be issued
with a receipt by the police officer taking the report.
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‘We Protect’
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FORCE ORDERS (CONT’D)
27TH OCTOBER, 2011
SERIAL NO. 3360
ROLE AND FUNCTION OF THE POLICE AT POLITICAL MEETINGS (CONT’D)
Section 10
Sub. No. 4
If the leader, under the provisions made under sections 5 and 9, refuses, fails or
neglects to immediately call the march to disperse, that leader shall be guilty of
an offence and upon summary conviction will be liable to a maximum fine of
one hundred dollars or to imprisonment not exceeding six months or both fine
and imprisonment.
UPDATING OF DATA – ARMS AND AMMUNITIONS ON CHARGE TO ALL
FORMATIONS WITHIN THE JAMAICA CONSTABULARY FORCE AND ISLAND
SPECIAL CONSTABULARY FORCE
In an effort to enhance and strengthen the management and accountability of government
weapons and ammunition Headquarters Armoury has embarked on an initiative to update the
records of arms and ammunition on charge to all formations within the Jamaica Constabulary
Force and Island Special Constabulary Force.
Commanding Officers are directed to submit a return of all firearms and ammunition under
their charge indicating the serial number, type, make and caliber of the arms and ammunition.
Returns are to be submitted to the Superintendent of Police, Headquarters Armoury no later
than November 4, 2011.
This initiative will enable the organization to be compliant with the International Standard of
Stockpile Management of Small Arms and Light Weapons as stipulated by the United Nations
Lima Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the
Caribbean (UN-LIREC).
Sub. No. 5
WEARING OF INSIGNIAS ON COLLARS OF UNIFORMS
Permission is granted for the wearing of both the miniature Jamaican and JCF flags on the
collars of the uniforms.
This is in keeping with the provisions of Rule 2.22 of the Book of Rules.
Sub. No. 6
USE OF OTHER FORMS FOR BIDDING DOCUMENTS
Attached to these Orders as Appendix ‘C’ is a circular from the Ministry of Finance, 30 National
Heroes Circle P.O. Box 512, Kingston treating on use of other forms of bidding documents for
general information.
Sub. No. 7
NATIONAL NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH AND ANNUAL CHURCH SERVICE AND
CONFERENCE
The National Neighbourhood Watch Movement will be celebrating its 24th anniversary
commencing with the National Church Service scheduled for Sunday, November 6, 2011 at the
New Testament Church of God, 57 Manchester Avenue, May Pen, Clarendon, commencing at
8:00am. This year’s theme is Neighbours together, building a safer Jamaica.
The week’s activities will culminate with the National Conference on Friday and Saturday
November 11 and 12, 2011 at the Everglades Conference Centre, Parottee District, Black River,
St. Elizabeth commencing at 9:00am both days.
The Minister of National Security, Commissioner of Police, Senior Officers, other dignitaries
and approximately one thousand representatives from Neighbourhood Watches across the
island are expected to attend.
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Any citizen making a report at any police station must be issued
with a receipt by the police officer taking the report.
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‘We Protect’
‘We Reassure’
FORCE ORDERS (CONT’D)
27TH OCTOBER, 2011
Sub. No. 8
SERIAL NO. 3360
LETTERS OF APPRECIATION
Attached to these Orders as Appendices ‘D’ to ‘F’ are letters of appreciation from the
following persons for general information:‘D’
Rev. Dr. Mary A. Nichols, JP, College of Agriculture, Science and Education, P.O. Box
170, Port Antonio, Portland.
‘E’
Mr. Derrick Cochrane, M.Sc., B.Sc. (Hons.), Assistant Commissioner of Police, Area
Three Headquarters, 8 Park Crescent. Mandeville, Manchester.
‘F’
Ms. Aurleen Williams, President, Long Bay/Fair Prospect Citizens’ Association,
Benevolent Society, Long Bay P.O., Portland.
Mr. Owen L. Ellington, CD, JP, M.Sc., B.Sc.
Commissioner
The Jamaica Constabulary Force
Per:
Mr. Baldwin C. Burey, M.Sc., Dip. HRM, pjsc
Assistant Commissioner of Police
(ADMINISTRATION BRANCH)
Any citizen making a report at any police station must be issued
with a receipt by the police officer taking the report.