Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson is not pleased that a firing party was not present to give a 21-gun salute at yesterday’s funeral of the late Corporal Oliver Mulling.

Corporal Mulling, who worked in the Kingston Western Division, was killed by gunmen while on duty last month. His funeral service was held in Old Harbour, St Catherine.

So livid was the police commissioner about a firing squad not being present that before leaving the burial site, he ordered an investigation. The top cop followed this up with a memo to all officers.

In the memo the commissioner said the deceased policeman should have been given:-

1. Coffin draped in the Jamaican Flag

2. Police Hearse

3. Uniformed Pall Bearers

4. Vigil Party

5. Honour Guard

6. Escorts

7. Buglers or Trumpets

8. Ushers

9. Force Wreaths

10. Wreaths Orderlies

11. JCF Choir

12. Firing Party

13. Tribute from the Commissioner of Police

14. Uniformed Mourner

He said provisions were made for these in the Official Funeral Policy and Procedures for Sworn and Separated members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force.

“All these courtesies were extended to him with the exception of the firing of volleys, which would have been executed by the firing party, but who was absent,” Commissioner Anderson said in the memo.

He added that as a member of the JCF who performed honourably, Mullings deserved all the best efforts in the performance of his last rites.

“Unfortunately, we let him, his family and the JCF down,” the commissioner continued. “This failure to adequately execute the standards and procedures as outlined in Force Policy will not be tolerated and once the full report is received, swift corrective actions will be taken.”