Jamaica’s Police Commissioner welcomes the wearing of body cameras

Jamaica’s Police Commissioner Dr Kevin Blake says he is in full support of members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) wearing of body cameras, and added that, contrary to belief, the members of the force welcome its use.

“My officers welcome it (wearing of body-worn cameras) with open arms because they understand it,” said Blake. “We have smart officers; a number of our officers are people who are highly educated, well trained, highly skilled, and so, this argument about the accountability that persons may be shying away from, let me dispel that and assure the members of public that that is not the case.”

According to him, the JCF has been quite busy over the last three years, working diligently to build out a technologically driven communication infrastructure to support new technology, such as the use of body-worn cameras.