KINGSTON, Jamaica — Police Commissioner George Quallo has decided to leave the job in a matter of weeks.

According to sources close to Quallo, the commissioner, who has been under fire in recent weeks, has been in discussion with the Police Service Commission over this past week.

Earlier this month, Quallo denied OBSERVER ONLINE reports that he was leaving the job after facing heat from National Security Robert Montague over the embarrassing six-hour traffic gridlock along the Palisadoes stretch on January 1.

He was summoned to a meeting at the security minister’s office in Kingston.

At that meeting, Commissioner Quallo was accompanied by some members of the executive of the Police Officers’ Association (POA) who came out as a show of support for the commissioner. The POA members did not actually participate in the meeting.

Sources in the National Security Ministry had told the OBSERVER ONLINE that the commissioner was told that it was time to examine his options during the meeting, which lasted for approximately 10 minutes.