The legislation will provide an additional game-changing tool to the security forces in combatting criminal gangs.
The report of the Joint Select Committee (JSC) to review the Criminal Justice (Suppression of Criminal Organisations) Act, 2014 was adopted in the House of Representatives in May 2020.
Piloting the Bill, Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, said the latest statistics from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) show that there are 379 gangs in Jamaica.
Of this number, 262 are considered active gangs, which reflects an increase of five per cent over 2019.
âFor the year 2020, 802 or 61 per cent of murders were assessed to be gang-related. The JCF has identified the sources of income for the most influential second-generation gangs to be through contract killing, extortion, robberies and drug and firearm-trafficking activities. As a result, these criminal gangs continue to create mayhem in our society and are the main drivers of the elevated crime rat
Debate on the Criminal Justice (Suppression of Criminal Organisations) (Amendment) Act, 2021, commonly called the anti-gang legislation, began in the House of Representatives on Wednesday (May 26).
The legislation will provide an additional game-c
Westminster issues ultimatum over NI abortion roll out
Westminster issues ultimatum over NI abortion roll out
28 Apr 2021
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MPs have backed legislation empowering the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to directly commission abortion services across the Province.
Yesterday, the House of Commons voted overwhelmingly in favour of the Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021, which authorise Secretary of State Brandon Lewis to impose nationwide abortion provision without Stormont’s consent. The regulations passed through the House of Lords this afternoon, despite vocal opposition.
A radical abortion regime was forced on Northern Ireland by Westminster in March last year. Abortions are now being provided by individual NHS trusts, but have not been commissioned nationwide.
The City of Kenosha Police Department and the Kenosha Sheriffâs Department are poised to split 60/40, respectively, the $1 million promised by former President Donald Trump to help cover costs associated with the civil unrest following the shooting of Jacob Blake by a Kenosha Police officer on Aug. 23.
âThe city decided what proportion we got of the $1 million,â Sheriff David Beth told members of the countyâs Judiciary and Law Committee on Wednesday. âAfter some debate of exactly who gets what, the city decided that they get 60 percent and we get 40 percent.â
The 60/40 split of this federal Solicited Law Enforcement grant is consistent with how the KPD and KSD split federal Justice Assistant Grant funds.
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