Caribbean360: Jamaican police on high alert

Jamaican police on high alert
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Chris Hoyos on 13/02/2012 09:07:00
 
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Monday February 13, 2012 – Police officers who live or work
in Spanish Town and surrounding areas have been placed on high alert.
That’s because the threat of violence in the St. Catherine has been upgraded
to extreme despite curfews being instituted over the past week, thereby making
the possibility of officers being attacked by criminals imminent.
And the high command of the Jamaican constabulary is advising residents and all
those who work in the affected areas to exercise caution, and its officers take
the threat level seriously even when off duty.
The upgrade follows a series of incidents made against them, including threats
from criminals aligned to gangs in the area.
Such incidents include the shooting death of top Klansman gang member Renard
Harrison during a police operation in Cherry Gardens, and the murders of his
common-law wife and her mother over the weekend.
Police have been threatened by criminals involved in gangs in the Spanish Town
area since the shootings.
However, police have been assured that they have the full backing of the
force’s High Command to take any lawful action necessary to defend themselves
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