Sunday, 02 November 2008
Former Public Defender Howard Hamilton has weighed in on the reported shortage of policemen.Last week, National Security Minister Colonel Trevor MacMillan said the Jamaica Constabulary Force is 3,800 short of the 12,000 members needed.He said this was creating a serious constraint on the capacity of the police to effectively and efficiently fight crime.But Mr. Hamilton said the shortage can be dealt with by reassigning members of the Force. "There are a lot of clerical jobs being done by policemen which could be civilianized ... so that you bring in civilians to do that, and have policemen who are already there assigned to different areas," he said.Mr. Hamilton was speaking on RJR's weekly news review programme "That's a Rap!" on Sunday.
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