Christie wants corrupt police, politicians exposed

BY MARK CUMMINGS Senior staff reporter cummingsm@jamaicaobserver.com

Thursday, May 26, 2011

FALMOUTH, Trelawny — Contractor General Greg Christie has called on the police to distance themselves from unsavoury and criminal elements, and to expose and bring to book politicians and public servants who are engaged in illegal activities.

“You must abandon the alleged code of silence which has permeated the police force for too long. The corrupt and criminal elements in the force must be exposed,” he said.

He charged that politicians and public servants who are engaged in illegal activities are an abomination to the country, “stealing the very patrimony of their grandchildren”.

“They are traitors and they must be held to account. For too long they have been allowed free and unrestricted liberty to corruptly administer the affairs of the Jamaican state,” said Christie, who was addressing the 68th Joint Central Conference of the Jamaica Police Federation at the Breezes Resort in Trelawny yesterday.

He argued that the corrupt politicians and public servants have placed themselves, their greed and their self-interests before their country and are therefore not worthy of the privilege of holding public office.

“I implore you to investigate them, get the evidence that you need and arrest them. Eventually, the exception will become the rule and we will succeed in ridding the public service and the country of these and other corrupt elements that are currently devouring it,” Christie told the conference.

The three-day conference continues today with presentations from National Security Minister Senator Dwight Nelson, Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington and Chairman of the Jamaica Police Federation Sergeant Raymond Wilson.