Howard Campbell, Gleaner Writer
TWO POLICEMEN assigned to the St. Andrew South Police Division were on Saturday arrested by members of the Internal Affairs Anti-Corruption Unit of the Professional Standards Branch (PSB).
The men, both constables, are attached to the Hunts Bay Police Station.
Assistant Commissioner of Police, Novelette Grant, who heads the PSB, confirmed that the men were arrested on Hagley Park Road. She said they were in the process of collecting money when members of the Anti-Corruption Unit stepped in and arrested them.
However, ACP Grant would not go into the details of the case, which she said is being handled by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). She said that because the policemen have not been charged, their names have not been released.
"Corruption seems to be involved, because they were caught collecting money, that's all I'm going to say now," she told The Gleaner yesterday.
The ACP also refused to comment on the identity of the complainant the policemen were conspiring to take the money from.
NOT WILLING TO BE A VICTIM
"He wasn't willing to be a victim, he came and told us about what was going on, and we set up a sting and caught them," she said.
The ACP said Saturday's arrest was the latest made by her office which was set up early this year to monitor corruption within the Jamaica Constabulary Force.
She said that since the PSB was established, there has been an increase in the number of persons who have come forward to report rogue cops.
"It's quite a bit ... I would think we've got close to 30 cases right now," ACP Grant said.
In an article published in The Sunday Gleaner, statistics from the Bureau of Special Investigation (BSI) revealed that 141 policemen have been charged with questionable shootings involving citizens during the past six years.
Assistant Commissioner of Police, Granville Gause, who heads the BSI, said many of the cases are unsolved because witnesses, including policemen, refused to testify.
