TO friends and family Christopher Condappa was always destined to be a member of the police force.

They say the selfless, caring personality he portrayed for as long as they can remember was fitting for the career he chose — to serve and protect his country as a member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).

In 2012 Condappa realised his childhood dream when he joined the JCF. But that dream came to an abrupt end on November 10, when the 34-year-old constable died in a motor vehicle crash.

Police report that the crash occurred approximately 2:30 pm while Constable Condappa was driving his service motorcycle along Anglican Street in Moneague, St Ann.

The police reported that a Suzuki Swift motor car, travelling in the opposite direction, collided with the constable’s motorcycle.

Condappa, who was assigned to the Moneague Traffic Department, sustained multiple injuries and was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

“I would call him ‘Mr Save the World’,” the late constable’s sister Abey-Gale Condappa-Malcolm told the Jamaica Observer

“Being a police was already who he was from a long time ago. The way he lived his life, and the way he was always trying to help others and doing the right things by them, it was only fitting that he went into the force,” added Condappa-Malcolm.

She said her brother was the foundation of their family, even from when they were young and growing in Highgate, St Mary.

“He is the one who is always texting in the family group and ensuring that we are good. Even on the day of his death, I think he told us goodbye without us realising. That morning he individually told us good morning and to have a good day,” Condappa-Malcolm said as she fought to hold back tears.

Dealing with his death has also not been easy for the constable’s mother Dorothy Condappa, who is now left hanging onto the memories of her caring son.

“I remember when he was younger he wouldn’t want to stay with anyone but me. He would walk around and say, ‘Mommy, me a watch you.’ That’s how close we were, and he didn’t want to leave me for not even a minute.

“These are some of the little memories that keep me strong, along with all the friends and family members who come to support me,” said the still grieving mother.

She told the Observer that it gives her joy to speak about her son, especially because of the stalwart he was and the impact he had on many lives.

“He always put in 110 per cent to protect his children and family, and it is the same thing he did for his country. I remember one day on the job he took a child’s bag, put it on his shoulder, and helped that child to cross the road and put the child on a taxi,” the mother recalled as she declared that Constable Condappa always went above and beyond the call of duty.

“He always go out of his way to help people, even if it meant leaving himself behind, and that is who he has always been. Right now I can’t find the words to express how I feel,” added Dorothy Condappa.

The police constable fathered four daughters with his wife Camoya, who became his sweetheart when they were both teenagers in secondary school.

“He didn’t even make it home to his wife and children. I just don’t know what to say or how to feel. The children are just screaming that they want their dad. He and his wife have been together since seventh grade so he is the only love she knows and she is taking it hard,” Condappa-Malcolm shared.

The family is now making funeral arrangements, but they never imagined having to bury someone they loved so deeply.

“He was my father’s only son and the brother closest to me. This is rough for us, but we have been receiving a lot of love because everyone remembers Christopher as a sweet person, he was such a light,” said Condappa-Malcolm.

A treasured picture for Abey-Gale Condappa-Malcolm with her brother Christopher

The late Constable Christopher Condappa and his wife of many years Camoya. The two share four daughters.