By George Henry, Gleaner WriterSPALDINGS, Clarendon:
THE MANCHESTER and Clarendon police say they will be going after motorists whose driver's licences were not acquired legally.
Speaking at a meeting with taxi operators at the Spaldings Primary School last Thursday, head of Community Relations in the Manchester Police Division, Deputy Superintendent (DSP) Richard Brown, said most licences were acquired illegally.
The DSP said that most of the drivers had bought their licences and were not aware of the road code.
"You don't even know how to use a pedestrian crossing or what it means when a sign says stop," the officer said.
Meanwhile, President of the Spaldings Citizens' Association, Damion Young, blasted taxi operators who have DVD players in their vehicles and are alleged to be showing 'blue movies' while transporting passengers.
Mr. Young, who is also a teacher, said that it was brought to his attention that these movies were being shown to children and the behaviour could not be condoned.
"If I can prove that such behaviour is a fact, I am going to report you to the police. Children are children and their young minds must be preserved for education, and the right kind of education," he stressed.
The citizens' association president said he knew the cars in which the DVD players were installed and that he also knew the operators of those vehicles. He warned that such activities were against the law, as well as moral decency, and must be stopped if they were happening.
