Dear Editor,

We would like to congratulate the Jamaican and United States governments for the stellar manner in which Mr Christopher Coke was taken into custody.

Here you saw a team of Jamaican and United States law enforcement officers working together: United States Marshals, Commissioner Owen Ellington, the hard-working ACP Les Green, and Commander in charge of St Catherine North Assan Thompson, a man who always works tirelessly with his entire team. It was in their area that Mr Coke was taken into custody and placed in a helicopter at the Prison Oval.

I happened to have been in the area on Tuesday and as I drove along the Twickenham Park Road on my way to Spanish Town I heard a helicopter above. Soon a big navy blue van drove past me, followed by a convoy of police vehicles.

People were standing on the sides of the road looking on. I realised that something “big” was happening in Spanish Town again! And it was really big! I quickly parked in the nearby Shell gas station, as I did not want to be caught in any crossfire — just in case there was shooting.

A man came up to me and said, “Dem catch Dudus.”

The United States is a great partner, and if we all work together we can achieve great things.

Rosemarie Greene

CEO, Spanish Town Citizens

Against Gun Violence

St Catherine