Making Straw Men of Jcf 'Imports'

Weekly Gleaner, The; North American ed. › December 11, 2009

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It has become something of a national sport to suggest, cynically, that Jamaicans, including those who seriously thought about the issues, who welcomed Mark Shields, Les Green and Justin Felice, saw them as magicians who would mystically reform the constabulary. They seem to receive chest-thumping joy from being able to point to the mess that is still the JCF, and to feel vindicated that the imports made no difference.

If there was an error on the part of the police 'imports' and those who recruited them, as was a fortnight ago conceded by Mr Shields who recently left the JCF, it was to misapprehend how deeply corrupt and corroded the organisation has become. Indeed, Mr Shields now harbours doubts that the JCF can be repaired from within - a sentiment that is valid but one which we do not, at this time, fully embrace.

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Making Straw Men of Jcf 'Imports'

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