Four members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) have been suspended from duty after being arrested and charged with multiple offences in separate incidents, following rulings handed down by the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The four officers, who were charged by investigators from the Inspectorate and Professional Standards Oversight Bureau, are Corporal Howard Richards, Corporal Andrew Tinker, Constable Headley Gray and Constable Orlando Webster, according to a release by the JCF's Corporate Communications Unit on Thursday.
Corporal Howard Richards of the St Elizabeth Division was charged with assault occasioning bodily harm following a July 2012 incident. Reports are that Richards was on an operation when it is alleged that he assaulted an individual while making an arrest. A report was filed and an investigation launched. He was arrested and charged on Tuesday, December 1, 2020.