Rodney Davis (centre), president and CEO, Cable and Wireless Jamaica (C&WJ), explains the operations of one of five computers C&WJ presented to the Jamaica Constabulary Force on Tuesday at a handing-over ceremony at the Commissioner's Old Hope Road office. Also in the pciture are Deputy Commissioner of Police, Charles Scarlett (left), and Norris Rhooms of the JCF. - JUNIOR DOWIE/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
CABLE AND Wireless Jamaica (C&WJ) on Tuesday donated over $500,000 worth of computers to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).
"These machines will be used for crime-fighting purposes. They are being given to us at a time when crime poses a serious challenge not only to Jamaica, but also to the police force," said Deputy Commissioner Charles Scarlet. He accepted the five computers from Rodney Davis, chief executive officer and president of Cable and Wireless, during a brief ceremony at the Commissioner's Office in Kingston.
Norris Rhooms, the man in charge of the JCF's computer centre, said Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas will determine which section of the force will utilise the computers.
FREE HIGH-SPEED INTERNET
In the meantime, the telecommunications company has offered to supply free high-speed Internet service to the Police Commissioner's Office, for at least a year.
The donation came less than two months after the company committed $2.4 million to fund the Private Sector of Jamaica's (PSOJ) Crime Stop programme for a year and, more recently, C&WJ provided $1 million in sponsorship for the National Forum on Crime.
"I have a great deal of respect for the work that you and your entire team are trying to do under such challenging circumstances," Mr. Davis told DCP Scarlet.
The C&WJ president also expressed his firm support for the JCF. "Let me say now that you have the full and unswerving support of me and my entire team at Cable and Wireless Jamaica. We will stand behind the men and women who literally put their lives on the line to make this country a safer place for us and our families," he said.
