Jamaica Gleaner News"PUBLIC DEFENDER Earl Witter is beseeching the country's police to place greater emphasis on the manner in which they engage citizens.
Witter, who was speaking at the Bureau of Special Investigations (BSI) awards and prize-giving ceremony in downtown Kingston yesterday, said the number of persons killed by the police could be less 'if there was greater regard for the rules of engagement'.
'For too many years, there has been a rate of slaughter of our people by our people themselves that is not only frightening, but demands reduction,' Witter said.
The public defender's office investigated 59 cases of police killings last year, nearly twice as much as the 34 such investigations the previous year."
Witter, who was speaking at the Bureau of Special Investigations (BSI) awards and prize-giving ceremony in downtown Kingston yesterday, said the number of persons killed by the police could be less 'if there was greater regard for the rules of engagement'.
'For too many years, there has been a rate of slaughter of our people by our people themselves that is not only frightening, but demands reduction,' Witter said.
The public defender's office investigated 59 cases of police killings last year, nearly twice as much as the 34 such investigations the previous year."
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