A CALL has been made by the Judicial Review Court for the government to set up and independent body to investigate cases against policemen.
The court made the call when it handed down its ruling yesterday in the Janice Allen case.
Miss Justice Gloria Smith in delivering the majority decision in the application sought for leave to go to the Judicial Review Court to quash the jury's verdict emphasised the need for such a body.
"The circumstances surrounding this case are sad, tragic, reprehensible and repugnant, the judge said.
She said further that the circumstances emphasised the need for an independent body to investigate cases against members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). The judge explained that members of the JCF should not investigate their own officers because that could seem bias, unfair and not impartial .
The Bureau of Special Investi-gations has the responsibility to investigate shootings and other misconduct by members of the JCF.
Yesterday was not the first time that a call was made for an independent body to investigate cases against policemen.
B.G.
