Jamaican PM says stricter traffic control will curb crime
Key Points(5)
- Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness, says implementing measures to ensure order in the nation’s public transport system will be one way the government is can confront the country's murder problem.
- Due to a rise in abduction and murder of females by men posing as taxi drivers the government issued a directive that all tints be removed from public passenger vehicles.
- Holness insisted that there should be clear view into vehicles to reduce and eliminate crimes, including abductions and rapes, on the public thoroughfare.
- “We cannot allow criminals to use the transport system without fear.
- You are going to see more actions that will reduce the space that criminals have to act,” said Mr.
Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness, says implementing measures to ensure order in the nation’s public transport system will be one way the government is can confront the country's murder problem.
Due to a rise in abduction and murder of females by men posing as taxi drivers the government issued a directive that all tints be removed from public passenger vehicles.
Holness insisted that there should be clear view into vehicles to reduce and eliminate crimes, including abductions and rapes, on the public thoroughfare.
“We cannot allow criminals to use the transport system without fear. You are going to see more actions that will reduce the space that criminals have to act,” said Mr. Holness.
The Prime Minister asserted that the government must control small crimes as they lead to bigger crimes. He said criminals should not use the public thoroughfare and public transportation to get away with crime.
“I am not going to be the prime minister that after two days we forget about it. This is going to be a consistent and persistent effort by the police," he said.
