Government has obtained the Integrated Ballistic Identification System, a high-tech apparatus administrators at the Jamaica Constabulary Force believe will significantly help in the fight against crime.
A statement released yesterday by the Ministry of National Security said the equipment arrived in December and was purchased for US$4 million.
cross match shell casings
The machine will assist the police to cross match shell casings, warheads and bullet fragments. It will also enable them to tie perpetrators to crime scenes, a sensitive area for the JCF in recent years.
The statement said the equipment will be installed on January 15. Its main segment will be in Kingston with two smaller units posted in Montego Bay, St. James, and May Pen, Clarendon.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mark Shields, who is on secondment from the British Metropolitan Police, has consistently said that the JCF needs equipment such as the ballistic identification system, if it is to
effectively track criminals.
