MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Chaos erupted at a community meeting on Wednesday evening in Porus, Manchester – where there has been a continuous curfew since last October – when a senior officer declined to give a definitive date for the lifting of the security measure.

Some residents of Porus and surrounding areas walked out of the meeting when operations officer for Manchester, Deputy Superintendent Lohas Daniels said the measure would be discussed by the parish’s police management next week.

“I will end by saying by next week we going to the management team for the Manchester division, and you will all get answers,” he said.

This caused an uproar among the audience inside the Trinity Baptist Church, with most of the residents showing their disapproval of the officer’s remarks.

Senior parish judge for Manchester Michele Salmon, who was in attendance at the meeting, was quickly escorted by police out of the church. Member of Parliament for Manchester Southern Robert Chin also left the meeting during the chaos.

Following the uproar, the residents who remained, raised their concerns over the curfew with the police during a question-and-answer session.

“This curfew in Porus doesn’t make any sense,” a small business operator stressed.