Hinds to take charge of Clarendon
published:
Friday | May 9, 2008
HINDS
Crime-torn communities of Clarendon are to get more attention as the Government moves to deal with the increasing number of violent cases there.
Fifty-seven murders have been committed in that division since January.
Glenmore Hinds, the assistant commissioner of police who heads the National Intelligence Bureau/Kingfish task force, has been charged with investigating murders in the parish.
Unsolved murders
For the month of April, nine murders were committed in Clarendon, but police statistics show that there was an arrest in connection with only one case.
"We intend to solve murders in Clarendon which are solvable. All those good practices and expertise that we have developed, we will be utilising them in Clarendon," Hinds told The Gleaner.
He said it was still early days in setting targets, but noted that Kingfish would be looking at the major gangs in Clarendon and their link to the murders in the parish.
"Crime is the concern of every citizen. I would appeal to citizens who are reluctant to give information to call 811 and speak to one of our operators."
The head of the Clarendon Police Division, Superintendent Radcliffe Lewis, also welcomed the move but said he was not formally notified.
ACP Glenmore Hinds
Age: 50
Enlisted in the Jamaica Constabulary Force as a constable - 1975
Promoted to corporal - 1983
Promoted to sergeant - 1988
Promoted to inspector - 1991
Promoted to deputy superintendent - 1993
Promoted to superintendent -1996
Promoted to senior superintendent - 1999
Promoted to assistant commissioner of police - 2004
Selected to head Operation Kingfish - October 2004.
Operation Kingfish was mandated to tackle organised gangs and power brokers in the criminal underworld. It became the National Intelligence Bureau/Kingfish in February 2008.
