Dear Editor,

God bless those two young police constables and the woman corporal who fortuitously stumbled upon a corrupt cop and his criminal cronies with that massive illegal arms cache on Munster Road on February 4.

Thank God there are still some good people left in the Jamaica Constabulary Force!

With the number of crimes being committed by policemen, one cannot help but wonder about the screening process for the admission of recruits into the Constabulary Force.

The flood of police killings, otherwise called extra-judicial killings (or murders), is alarming and frightening.

The cold-blooded murders of Robert Hill of Ivy Green Crescent, Tony Richards of Alligator Pond, Rory Dixon in Manchester and an off-duty special constable in Montego Bay by lawless “lawmen” are clear indications that we are in deep, deep trouble.

The participation of policemen in gun salutes at the funerals of criminal dons is another sign that we have hit rock bottom.

Should we disband the current police force and start a new police service with the best 4,000 of the current 8,000 members, even if we have to employ foreigners until we recruit an adequate number of fresh, disciplined, educated, high-quality personnel?

Peter Townsend

petertown1@yahoo.com