Cops supports Commision of Enquiry

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is giving its support to the announcement that that the  Government is setting a Commission of Enquiry into the 2010 Tivoli Gardens incursion.

In a statement Monday afternoon the Police High Command said it “stands ready and willing to give its full support to the enquiry.”

The announcement comes days after the Public Defender’s Interim Report on the incursion and hours after government announced that it would conduct an enquiry into the 2010 operation where 70 people were reportedly killed by security forces.

The High Command said the Government’s decision to set up an enquiry is welcomed and that the “JCF will participate when required, and also offers its full support to the enquiry.”

Cabinet said it will be further considering the report and the framing of appropriate Terms of Reference for the Commission of Enquiry.