Deputy Prime Minister, the Hon. Dr Horace Chang, welcomes the conclusion of the trial of members of the One Don faction (Klansman Gang) in the Home Circuit Court.
Minister Chang, who is also the National Security Minister heaped praise on the work of the police, describing their efforts as “tireless dedication to law enforcement in the service of all law-abiding Jamaican citizens.”
He said their work highlights the new impetus with which the Jamaica Constabulary Force now operates.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, the Hon. Dr. Horace Chang is calling on newly graduated police officers to view themselves as architects of Jamaica’s future.
Minister Chang delivered the keynote address at the Passing Out Parade and Award Ceremony at the National Police College of Jamaica, Twickenham Park, St. Catherine on Friday, September 29, 2023.
He urged the 257 constables to use their roles as police officers to advance the cause of nation-building.
Deputy Prime and Minister of National Security, the Hon. Dr Horace Chang successfully piloted seventeen amendments of the Law Reform (Zones of Special Operations) (Special Security and Community Development Measures) Act, through the Lower House of Parliament, which he says is to enable the restoration of good public order in challenged communities.
Minister Chang said that the amended Act will enable the continued expansion of “the transformative work”, by restoring good order, and public safety within these challenged communities and to support and restore hope to the citizens.
The ever-changing nature of the illicit drug trade requires a comprehensive, balanced, multidisciplinary, transnational and evidence-based response, declares Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, the Hon. Dr. Horace Chang.
th He was speaking at the Opening Ceremony of the 37 International Drug Enforcement Conference (IDEC), held last week at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St James.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, the Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, mooted a reformed policy that will see the Private Security Regulation Authority (PSRA) helping to oversee the provision of close protection personnel.
“There are many of our people in executive positions both in government, the private sector and in critical areas like the justice system that do require someone to support them. The government has put together a refined policy that we are going to implement in the new financial year,” Minister Chang explained.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr Horace Chang, says duties carried out by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) Boards of Visitors (BOV) are indispensable.
He made the comment while delivering an address to over sixty (60) board members at the BOVs Orientation and Sensitization Session, held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, Downtown Kingston on Thursday, September 14.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, the Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says he is pleased with the state of progress in the construction of two brand new police stations in Westmoreland which will help to change the face of policing in the parish.
Speaking after a tour of the work sites at Frome and Little London on Thursday, September 7, the Minister noted that the new stations will further decrease murders in the parish. Current Westmoreland police data indicated a 16 per cent decline in murders in the parish.
The www.enterjamaica.com site that has been developed to facilitate passengers submitting the online passenger declaration form to Jamaica’s Immigration and Customs officials at the island ports of entry has not been hacked or compromised. The site is safe and persons information is protected and it is Free. there are no fees associated with this sight.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, the Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, is confident that the recently introduced C5 Electronic Entry Portal, formally the (Immigration/Customs Declaration Form), will afford arriving airline passengers greater ease through Customs.
