Police Killings in Jamaica

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A Data compiled by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has revealed that more than 2,600 persons have been killed by the police since 2000. According to the JCF data, 45 persons died violently between January 1 and 12 this year. Of this number, 17 were killed by the police and one by members of the Jamaica Defence Force. Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ), the human-rights lobby which has led the criticisms of the police said that the circumstances surrounding the latest incidents of police killings "do not matter at this point". "It matters that police are killing people at the rate of more than two a day," said JFJ spokesperson Susan Goffe. The Police Federation, which represents police personnel up to the rank of inspector, came to the defence of its member
"To the best of our knowledge, the persons fatally shot by the police since the start of this year had engaged the police in shoot-outs, some after committing serious crimes including murders," said Chairman of the Federation Sergeant Raymond Wilson. Wilson noted that the police were the first protectors of human rights and "it is not our desire for the loss of lives of any of our citizens".
However, Wilson made it clear that in instances where criminals refuse to surrender and instead engage the police in gun battles, "the superior training and discipline of the police will stand supreme".
He added: "Where criminal gunmen shoot at the police, our members will apply their superior training and respond to repel these deadly monsters who have no care for whose lives they take when they engage the police," he insisted. Now it goes both ways because at times police do get involved in shoot outs especially with gun men BUT they also falsely accuse innocent people and carry out killings that are unorthodox.