Glenroy Sinclair, Staff ReporterTHREE BRITISH intelligence agents are expected to assume top positions in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) within the next six weeks.
At least two high-ranking officers of the JCF have confirmed that the overseas law enforcement agents are coming, but were reluctant to say exactly what they were coming to do. There are reports, however, that their focus will be in the areas of forensic science and investigation.
Several of the country's crime officers were reportedly briefed about the arrival of the British intelligence agents, during a crime conference yesterday with outgoing Police Commissioner Francis Forbes.
AGENTS NAMED
Since the controversial shooting in Kraal, Clarendon, in May 2002, a number of Scotland Yard detectives have been working closely with local detectives.
One of the likely agents is Chief Superintendent Mark Shields, who senior officers of the JCF rated as a top class investigator. He was one of several Scotland Yard detectives asked to assist with the Kraal investigations.
Informed police sources said Mr. Shields has been asked to assist with another major investigation - the alleged abduction of Oliver Duncan and Kemar Walters on December 23 last year by members of the Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID). The men were allegedly taken from the Duhaney Park Plaza, St. Andrew.
Another agent whose name is being called is Les Green, who is currently in the island working with Operation Kingfish. Reports are that Mr. Green was one of the officers in charge of Operation Trident in the United Kingdom. This is a task force established in the '90s targeting black-on-black violence in London.
Yesterday Mark Waller, spokesman for the British High Commission in Kingston, reported that the British authorities were still in the process of selecting the Scotland Yard cops to work with the JCF, and was "not yet in a position to make an announcement."
