JDF2: Minister of National Security Robert Montague (left) presents acting commander of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Air Wing, Major Anthony Gregory (third right), with a television set, which was among several appliances presented to the unit during a ceremony on Friday at Up Park Camp, Kingston. Others pictured from second right are: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security Dianna McIntosh, and Chief Executive Officer of the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency Andrew Wynter.

MINISTER of National Security Robert Montague has reported that major crimes are now trending down.

“So far the numbers are looking good since the year has started. When we started out in January, we started with a bang in terms of murders, but since then we have seen the numbers trending down,” Montague stated.

He was speaking at a ceremony Friday at the Jamaica Defence Force Air Wing at Up Park Camp where he presented appliances to the group.

The security minister said the figures were trending down from January “where we were 20 per cent up on last year’s figures and we are now four per cent over where we were last year”.

“We are trying to move that to below last year and we can’t do it without the vital input of the Air Wing,” Montague stated.

The minister urged the JDF Air Wing members to regard their part in the eradication of crimes as important.

“It is going to take unified and hard work on the part of good people like you to stabilise the situation and then have it trending down,” the minister told the soldiers.

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