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<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : # Jamaicans for Justice condemns cop killing by cops ( RJR )...</span>
Human rights organization Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ) has expressed regret at the killing of police Constable Floyd Barrett from the motorised patrol division. Constable Barrett died after being shot allegedly by a colleague while on operation, off Lady Musgrave Road, in St Andrew on Monday.The JFJ also has raised a number of questions about proper policing.According to Dr Carolyn Gomes, Executive Director of JFJ, the incident serves as an important reminder that the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) must provide better training to its officers. "What the JCF uses is deadly force and if we (can't) trust and expect them to protect us if they can't protect their own officers from each other. There appears to be a culture of shoot first and ask questions later in the JCF which comes down to a basic disregard for human life and we're very disturbed by this," she said"We're urging the Commissioner of the Police, Owen Ellington, to remind his officers to observe at all times, proper human rights procedures and the tenets of their very own use of force and firearms policies. It is for the protection of them and us ... it is a horrendous blow when things like this happen and it points to the need for change which must be made," Dr. Gomes addedThe Police High Command has ordered an investigation into the circumstances which led to the fatal shooting.
<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : # Jamaicans for Justice condemns cop killing by cops ( RJR )...</span>
Human rights organization Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ) has expressed regret at the killing of police Constable Floyd Barrett from the motorised patrol division. Constable Barrett died after being shot allegedly by a colleague while on operation, off Lady Musgrave Road, in St Andrew on Monday.The JFJ also has raised a number of questions about proper policing.According to Dr Carolyn Gomes, Executive Director of JFJ, the incident serves as an important reminder that the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) must provide better training to its officers. "What the JCF uses is deadly force and if we (can't) trust and expect them to protect us if they can't protect their own officers from each other. There appears to be a culture of shoot first and ask questions later in the JCF which comes down to a basic disregard for human life and we're very disturbed by this," she said"We're urging the Commissioner of the Police, Owen Ellington, to remind his officers to observe at all times, proper human rights procedures and the tenets of their very own use of force and firearms policies. It is for the protection of them and us ... it is a horrendous blow when things like this happen and it points to the need for change which must be made," Dr. Gomes addedThe Police High Command has ordered an investigation into the circumstances which led to the fatal shooting.