ST CATHERINE, Jamaica— The Police High Command, in expressing condolences to the family of a Police Detective Sergeant who was fatally stabbed while attempting to quell an altercation on Saturday, is urging the public to consider more peaceful ways to resolve conflicts.

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The policeman, who has been identified as 65-year-old Victor Francis, was assigned to the Centre for the Investigations of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA) Headquarters.

Reports from the Caymanas Police are that about 6:35 pm, Francis observed two men in a physical confrontation on Baptist Road, Caymanas, St Catherine and attempted to intervene when he was stabbed in the tussle.

He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. The two men who were fighting have been taken into custody.

“Too many persons are losing their lives or suffering grave injury due to mismanaged feelings and the inability to resolve conflicts,” Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson said.

Anderson is urging members of the public to make use of the Force’s Domestic Violence Intervention Centres across the island, as well as other available programmes such as mediation, dispute resolution and restorative justice centres.

The Force’s Chaplaincy Branch and Welfare Department are providing support to the family members, friends and colleagues of Detective Sergeant Francis.