{"id":2551,"date":"2019-07-17T21:01:26","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T21:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=2551"},"modified":"2019-07-17T21:01:28","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T21:01:28","slug":"motorized-patrol-unit-to-lock-the-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=2551","title":{"rendered":"Motorized Patrol Unit to ‘lock the city’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Clinton Pickering<\/strong> \u2013 Freelance Writer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Montego Bay now has a Motorized Patrol Unit which has been charged \u201cto lock down\u201d the city from criminals.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe must be able to lock the city, as I\u2019ve been saying\novertime. Therefore, persons who are of ill intent who come into our town\ncentre to commit crime, or to be of ill repute, will have to think twice\nbecause they know that if they commit a crime the chances of them getting away\noutside of the city will be little or none.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Area One,\nDonovan Graham, instructed members of the Motorized Patrol Unit with those\nwords as they faced him in the car park of the Montego Bay Sports Complex last\nFriday morning. \u201cSo I\u2019m charging you today to be the agent of change; to be the\nguardians of the city of Montego Bay because Operation Restore Paradise was\nlaunched some weeks ago (but) after you have restored the paradise, we must be\nin a position to secure the paradise and this is what we are about this\nmorning,\u201d he went on.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The unit, which is equipped with a fleet of motorcars and\nmotor cycles, was told by ACP Graham, \u201cYou are very, very important in ensuring\nthat the people of Montego Bay (and) the visitors to Montego Bay are assured of\ntheir security, are assured of their safety, and if this unit does exceedingly\nwell, then we will find that the rippling effect of the information that\nMontego Bay, St James, is a safe and secure area, will allow more visitors to\ncome; it will allow more money to come into the coffers of the government, it\nwill allow us to get more resources.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The need for more resources was evidenced by the fact that\nthe newly-formed unit is using equipment taken from existing fleet in the\ndivision, but ACP Graham said this was because of time constraints and new\nvehicles would be assigned to ensure that the unit is effective, \u201cto ensure\nthat we can deliver and secure the people and visitors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He assured them that the initiative had the support of\nformer Minister of National Security, Robert Montaque; the current minister, Dr\nHorace Chang; Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson \u201cand they have\ncommitted to me that resources will come to ensure that this unit is properly\nstaff and resourced.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the men, he said he was looking forward to their\ncommitment and discipline \u201cto ensure that at the end of the day, we are\nefficient, we are able to deliver at a high level. Service delivery from this\nunit must be the hallmark of the day.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SPECIAL ATTENTION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Montego Bay Mayor, Homer Davis, hailed the launch of the\noperation as a special day for the city, stating, \u201cThere\u2019s no doubt that the\ncity of Montego Bay needs special attention.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agreeing with St James Divisional Commander, Supt. Vernon\nEllis, he said under operation Restore Paradise \u201cwe have restored quite a lot;\nwe have brought back a semblance of compliance as it relates to persons who\noperate business.\u201d  However, Mayor Davis\nsaid there was the need to deal with the problem of persons of ill repute\n\u201ctraversing our streets as if they are in their bedrooms. They carry whatever\nillegal things that they have on them in a way as if they are not in a state\nthat is secure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His charge to the squad was, \u201cI expect you to give of your\nbest but in giving of your best, and doing your best, observe the rights of\ncitizens.\u201d Having told them that he once wore their uniform and therefore had\nsome knowledge of police operations, he said, \u201cPolicing, like anything else,\nyou give a bucket of milk and one little thing it\u2019s as if you haven\u2019t done\nanything. I know it\u2019s a challenging job you have; people are very disrespectful\nbut what you must at all times do is maintain your composure and be firm at\nwhat you are doing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CHARGE TO MOTORIZED PATROL UNIT: Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Area One, Donovan Graham (left), issues a charge to members of the newly-formed Motorized Patrol Unit of the safety of citizens and visitors to Montego Bay. He is supported (from 2nd left) by Deputy Superintendent Kevin Francis, Superintendent Vernon Ellis and Mayor Homer Davis. \u2013 CWP photo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[844,1391,137,390,30,103],"class_list":["post-2551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-assistant-commissioner","tag-motorized-patrol-unit","tag-police","tag-state-of-public-emergency","tag-western-jamaica","tag-zones-of-special-operations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2552,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2551\/revisions\/2552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}