We are coming to get you
Police target more than 100 motorists who the court has issued warrants
HEAD of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSETB) Gary McKenzie says the police are “actively searching” for 110 motorists who the court has issued warrants for their arrest for breaches of the Road Traffic Act/Regulations.
The PSTEB on Thursday released the names of the individuals, including some with up to five warrants, and urged them to turn themselves in immediately to the process office of PSTEB at 16 ½ Lower Elletson Road, Kingston 16.
“The warrants are out for the arrest of those persons, the police are actively searching for the persons, and individuals who turn themselves in will be formally arrested and taken to court”,” McKenzie told the Jamaica Observer
He pointed out that PSTEB had taken to routinely publishing the names via social media and has been reaping success.
McKenzie noted that some motorists, as a result of the social media posts, have turned in themselves.
“The JCF is doing its best to aid the public as it relates to informing them, or informing persons that it may affect, that there are warrants out for their arrest for road traffic breaches.
“Having seen their names, it is very important that they get in touch with the PSTEB headquarters so that their matters can be arranged in the sense that they can be taken to court soonest for the warrants to be executed and the matters concluded. Where persons fail to come in, the police are always actively searching for them and where the police intercept them they will be arrested and taken to court soonest to get those matters concluded,” added McKenzie.
In the meantime, McKenzie addressed complaints from motorists who, on seeing their names posted by PSTEB, have claimed that they had already been to court and their names should not be on the published list.
“I can’t speak to what people may say, what I know though is that if there is an instance where that is the case, what the persons need to do is still attend the PSETB headquarters with the receipt that they would have paid and once that is done and we are able to confirm that the receipt is authentic, then representation will be made for it to be cleared,” McKenzie told the Observer.
He said PSTEB is urging anyone knowing the whereabouts of the motorists named to make contact with the police or give information by calling its 876-349-9366 phone line.
