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<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : INDECOM lays charge ...l. (INDECOM)...</span>
February 25, 2011 - The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) today laid its first charge against a member of the security forces for a fatal shooting. The charges were laid against Corporal Malica Reid attached tothe Mobile Reserves (based in Kingston) for the shooting death of Fredrick "Mickey" Hill. Corporal Reid, who was pointed out in an identification parade, was arrested and subsequently charged with the shooting death of Hill by investigators of INDECOM at the Savanna-la-Mar Police station. He subsequently appeared before Senior Resident Magistrate Ms Lyle Armstrong at the Savanna-la-Mar Magistrates Court where he was remanded into custody. He is scheduled to return to court on March 1, 2011. Commissioner of INDECOM, Terrence Williams, who was in Westmoreland this morning, said he is pleased with the developments of this investigation. "The investigators, with the assistance of the BSI, have been working tirelessly on the cases that have been taken over by INDECOM. Significant progress has been made with other cases and it is our hope that we will be laying more charges in fatal shooting incidents in short order," Mr. Williams said. This shooting incident he said caused much public outrage both locally and internationally and hopes this development will serve as a sign that theCommission is committed to holding members of the Security Forces or other agents of the State who abuse the rights of Jamaican citizens accountable for their actions. Hill was fatally shot by police on the Norman Manley Boulevard in Negril, Westmoreland on Thursday, November 4, 2010.The formal investigation began on Monday, November 8, 2010. About INDECOM INDECOM, which began operations on August 16, 2010, was established to investigate actions by members of the Security Forces and other agents of the State that result in death or injury or the abuse of rights. The body currently has 12 investigators. The recruitment and training exercise for the staff of INDECOM is ongoing. Members of the public who wish to lodge complaints of abuses against members of the Security Forces or other agents of the State may visit the Commission at: Ground and First Floors 45-47 Barbados Avenue in Kingston or Ground Floor 42 Market Street, Montego Bay, St James. Members of the public can call the INDECOM toll free line is 1-888-FOR-HELP (367 - 4357) or email: [email protected]
<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : INDECOM lays charge ...l. (INDECOM)...</span>
February 25, 2011 - The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) today laid its first charge against a member of the security forces for a fatal shooting. The charges were laid against Corporal Malica Reid attached tothe Mobile Reserves (based in Kingston) for the shooting death of Fredrick "Mickey" Hill. Corporal Reid, who was pointed out in an identification parade, was arrested and subsequently charged with the shooting death of Hill by investigators of INDECOM at the Savanna-la-Mar Police station. He subsequently appeared before Senior Resident Magistrate Ms Lyle Armstrong at the Savanna-la-Mar Magistrates Court where he was remanded into custody. He is scheduled to return to court on March 1, 2011. Commissioner of INDECOM, Terrence Williams, who was in Westmoreland this morning, said he is pleased with the developments of this investigation. "The investigators, with the assistance of the BSI, have been working tirelessly on the cases that have been taken over by INDECOM. Significant progress has been made with other cases and it is our hope that we will be laying more charges in fatal shooting incidents in short order," Mr. Williams said. This shooting incident he said caused much public outrage both locally and internationally and hopes this development will serve as a sign that theCommission is committed to holding members of the Security Forces or other agents of the State who abuse the rights of Jamaican citizens accountable for their actions. Hill was fatally shot by police on the Norman Manley Boulevard in Negril, Westmoreland on Thursday, November 4, 2010.The formal investigation began on Monday, November 8, 2010. About INDECOM INDECOM, which began operations on August 16, 2010, was established to investigate actions by members of the Security Forces and other agents of the State that result in death or injury or the abuse of rights. The body currently has 12 investigators. The recruitment and training exercise for the staff of INDECOM is ongoing. Members of the public who wish to lodge complaints of abuses against members of the Security Forces or other agents of the State may visit the Commission at: Ground and First Floors 45-47 Barbados Avenue in Kingston or Ground Floor 42 Market Street, Montego Bay, St James. Members of the public can call the INDECOM toll free line is 1-888-FOR-HELP (367 - 4357) or email: [email protected]