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Group to help with backlog of police cases before DPP
Friday, July 03, 2009
A working group has been set up to assist the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions clear the backlog of police cases currently awaiting rulings.
Head of the Anti-Corruption Branch, Assistant Commissioner Justin Felice, who made the announcement yesterday during a press conference at Eden Gardens in Kingston, said 57 rulings have been received from the DPP since the start of this year.
Included in the working group are representatives from the Attorney General's Office and the chief justice, Felice said.
The Anti-Corruption Branch has arrested 31 cops and five civilians for breaches of the Anti Corruption Act since the start of this year, while 20 officers have been interdicted and six suspended from the constabulary.
Felice also reported that the Anti-Corruption Branch has so far conducted about 200 lie detector tests on cops, including those who have been recruited to work at the unit.
So far the Anti-Corruption Branch has made 34 presentations to the police and community groups and all training courses at the Jamaica Police Academy in Twickenham Park, St Catherine on ethics, integrity and professional standards in their syllabus, Felice said.
"It's not only about enforcement but education, prevention and communication," Felice said.
He was, in the meantime, full of praise for calls made by members of the public to the 1-800-CORRUPT hotline which was established to allow members of the public to call in and give information about corrupt activities by the police and public officials without their identities being exposed.
There has been 62 calls made to the hotline since it was installed in January this year.
"The quality of those calls have been extremely high. So I am really pleased with the 1-800-Corrupt line," Felice said.
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