MINISTER of National Security Robert Montague says the Ministry stands ready to support the programmes that will be executed by the newly appointed Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson.

“All of Jamaica expects the commissioner to do well and to succeed, and the Ministry of National Security is standing by to offer policy support and the resources as soon as he has done his briefings and come together with his programmes,” he said.

Montague was speaking to JIS News following a courtesy call by the police commissioner at the ministry in St Andrew yesterday.

“We will continue to have dialogue to make sure that the Government provides the necessary tools and resources that are needed to do the job,” he added, noting that gangs, guns, cybercrime, murders, and the maintenance of public order are main areas of priority.

For his part, General Anderson told JIS News that his vision for the Jamaica Constabulary Force is that it will be repositioned as the most trusted and credible organisation in the country.

He said this will be undertaken “largely by how we do our business every day, how we interact with the public, how we treat with our internal issues and how we focus on some of our key problems in the country”.

He said that public support remains a critical component in crime-fighting efforts, adding that areas relating to corruption, among others, “will be treated within a very direct way”.

The new commissioner, who took office on Monday, replaces George Quallo, who retired earlier this year.