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MANDEVILLE, Manchester Assistant Commissioner of Police Michael Smith says there will be heightened security in this south-central parish in anticipation of increased traffic between Kingston an.
In anticipation of the staging of events to ring in the New Year, the police have issued a warning to party promoters, that these will be in breach of the Disaster Risk Management Act.
The warning from Assistant Commissioner of Police Michael Smith, who is in charge of Area 3, was particularly directed at persons in Clarendon, Manchester and St. Elizabeth.
It follows concerns by members of the Divisional Intelligence Unit about an event to be held in St. Elizabeth between midnight and 7 o clock Friday morning.
A release from the Jamaica Constabulary Force s Corporate Communications Unit said the event, which is being promoted again by Beenie Man, is being widely advertised on social media.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Micheal Smith (right), head of the Area 3 police, leading a high-level police team on a tour of Effortville in Clarendon last night. Eight persons were shot in the community, five fatally, between Wednesday and Thursday. Other members of the team include Senior Superintendent Glenford Miller, head of the Clarendon Division; Superintendent Christopher Philips; Deputy Superintendent Owen Brown; and DSP Dodd.
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Relatives of one of the victims killed in a spate of gun attacks in Effortville, Clarendon, on Wednesday night have since fled the community after reportedly being threatened that their house would be burnt to the ground, even as a curfew has been imposed on the area to restore a sense of calm.