The mobility of the police in the Area Two division has been increased with the addition of four new vehicles.
Minister of national security, Robert Montague, handed over the vehicles to the Area Two division, comprising the parishes of Portland, St Ann and St Mary, at the divisional headquarters in Tower Isle, St Mary on Wednesday morning, August 23.
Montague stressed that 24 vehicles were purchased by the government and they will be handed over to each of the five police areas across the country.
Wednesday’s handing over of the four vehicles to Area Two, the minister said, would go towards enhancing the management of the limited resources of the police.
“These are brand new vehicles. They are not pre-owned… I know the men and women who work in the Constabulary Force are doing so under a lot of pressure and a lot of demands with limited resources so I want to enhance the management of those resources. So the shift commander will now be able to go out into the various communities to visit the various police stations and he or she will not have to depend on the radio or on the telephone, so they can actually turn up at the stations and do their checks,” Montague explained.
In the meantime, Minister Montague told the police officers at Area Two that the four vehicles were fitted with trackers.
“We will be able to know where the vehicles are,” Montague highlighted.
He added: “The commissioner has assured me that the policy where a vehicle has met in an accident and (where) the driver is at fault, the necessary deductions will be taken from his or her salary to repair the vehicles.”
Montague also revealed that the back of the new vehicles will be used as advertisement for the police’s Stay Alert App.
“We have decided to advertise the Stay Alert App and encourage persons who are travelling behind these vehicles and to see the messages and to download the Stay Alert App so you too can play a part in making Jamaica safer and more secure,” he added.
Newly installed head of the Area Two police, assistant commissioner of police (ACP) Norman Heywood, thanked the minister for the vehicles.
He told the police officers, who will be driving the new vehicles that their commitment and dedication must be put into practice to ensure that the fleet of vehicles on the roads were very good at all times.
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