KINGSTON, Jamaica — Assistant Commissioner of Police Leon Rose testified today that the police met their objective in entering Tivoli Gardens in an effort to apprehend then don Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke.

Rose gave the evidence at the Tivoli Enquiry after it was suggested to him by attorney Carol DaCosta (representing the Tivoli Committee‎) that the police had failed in their objective because they did not capture Coke on May 24, 2010 when they entered the community.

He said Coke was eventually captured and Tivoli Gardens was freed of criminal control. The ACP added that work is ‎currently being done by police in the area.

DaCosta also suggested that police had destroyed the property of Tivoli Gardens’ residents but Rose said he wasn’t competent to make a determination as to who destroyed what property.

‎Rose, who was head of the Mobile Reserve in 2010, also testified that no resident of Tivoli made reports of their rights being abused by police when he went into the area following the operation.

The ACP said he assumed that the Mobile Reserve officers had operated within the strictures of the law and use of force policy of the Jamaica Constabulary Force since they did not report any abuse on their part to him.

Paul Henry