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Superintendent Vernon Ellis
Head of the St James Police Division, Superintendent Vernon Ellis, has said major crimes, with the exception of murders, are down in the parish.
Ellis was addressing the monthly meeting of the St James Municipal Corporation in Montego Bay on Thursday, June 10.
“We are seeing an increase in murders, but in every other category of major crimes in St James, we are seeing a significant reduction,” he highlighted.
The superintendent also indicated that the division is looking at long-term plans to fight crime in the parish, and said he is “very optimistic that the trajectory in terms of the increase will fall back in a short while”.