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Former Jamaican Top Cop Reneto Adams Hospitalized With COVID-19

By Sheri-kae McLeod··1 min read
Former Jamaican Top Cop Reneto Adams Hospitalized With COVID-19
Key Points(5)
  • Former Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) top cop, Reneto Adams has been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19.
  • According to multiple reports, the former Senior Superintendent of Police blacked out after an accident at his home.
  • He was subsequently taken to hospital where he underwent a number of tests including for the coronavirus which returned a positive result.
  • Adams, 71, is said to be on oxygen and "not doing badly" at this time.
  • Adams retired from the JCF in June 2008 after spending close to 41 years in the organization.

Former Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) top cop, Reneto Adams has been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19.

According to multiple reports, the former Senior Superintendent of Police blacked out after an accident at his home. He was subsequently taken to hospital where he underwent a number of tests including for the coronavirus which returned a positive result.

Adams, 71, is said to be on oxygen and "not doing badly" at this time.

Adams retired from the JCF in June 2008 after spending close to 41 years in the organization. Throughout his career, Adams was widely known as a no-nonsense police officer who was feared by criminals across the island.

The former decorated cop now owns and manages a private security firm.

 

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