More condemnation for cop killings Loop Jamaica

Black Immigrant Daily News

The men and women of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) are being commended by National Security Minister, Dr Horace Chang, for their continued commitment and courage in fighting crime, as the minister also condemned the latest killing of a police officer.

“I thank them for that effort, and I can assure them that the Government will continue to pursue every effort to ensure they have adequate tools to fight the criminals,” he said.

Chang was speaking during a visit to the Denham Town Police Station on Friday, following the shooting death of Corporal Oliver Mullings while on duty in the Kingston West Police Division, specifically on Third Street in Trench Town, on Thursday night.

Describing the slain policeman as “a very good officer” who hails from a family of police officers Chang condemned the crime and offered condolences to members of the force and the corporal’s family.

Mullings, who was a member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force for 19 years, nine years of which he spent assigned to the Kingston West Division, was also described by Senior Superintendent of Police Michael Phipps as a family man and a good team player who was always willing to go beyond the ordinary.

The senior cop said Mullings was well-loved across the entire community.

In the meantime, Chang said the policeman’s death while answering a call to protect citizens demonstrates the “peculiar challenge our police officers face on a daily basis, especially in this very city.

“These] young men and young women are committed to doing better for the country and working to ensure we have a safer space. I commend [them] for their continued [dedication] and courage in fighting some very heinous and brutal criminals out there,” Chang said.

The national security minister reiterated the full commitment of the police to ensuring that the perpetrators involved in Corporal Mulling’s death are brought to justice.

“I think I can speak on behalf of the officers [that] they will remain unrelenting to find these criminals, and they will use the resources they have in any way to apprehend them and bring them to justice,” he said.

Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner of Police Fitz Bailey, who was also at the Denham Town Police Station on Friday, named three persons of interest in the death of Constable Brian Martin of the St Andrew Central Police Division, who died after being shot at a wake in the Maxfield Avenue area of St Andrew last week Saturday.

Providing only aliases, the DCP urged Zeeks or Biker, Alex and Adji or Adjiman, to report to police personnel.

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