Jamaica is a wicked ass nation

[get these nets]

Yeah once you start peeling layers it all leads to some rich cac

Article points to prison deaths and encounters with police not counting in homicide stats in either country. (US or El Salvador) Implies that most countries exclude them.

So how would this be looked at as El Salvador cooking the books?

The discovered corpses that are unaccounted for in the homicide stats seem to be the legit criticism.
Writer seems to want to undermine the actual reduction in homicides that have occured because of his RICO - like approach to tackling gangs.

The heavy handed approach to law enforcement and the huge influx of gang members into the system would naturally increase those 1st 2 numbers.

Even adjusting for the old way that ES measured homicide, there has been a reduction. And more importantly, there is less of a public safety problem hanging over the heads of the regular citizens and impacting their day to day lives.

A "what about-ism" think tank piece about a former hotbed of crime and violence in another country by a man who lives a safe comfortable life in an affluent American zip code.

 

[Bondye Vodou]

 

[froggle]

 

[Pistolvania Prince]

Great. Hopefully it’s part of a larger trend

 

[Kasgoinjail]

Just wanna say a big up to the Trelawny and St James divisions

 

[DaRealness]

Relatives cutting ties with Jamaica. I can't say I blame them.

 

[HiphopRelated]

They've been cleaning up the dons and heavy hitters. You take the right people out and violent crime will drop. Next you go down a rung on the ladder to those that think they're up next and cut that out.

 

[MikelArteta]

Great. Hopefully it’s part of a larger trend

Lol at only 47

 

[Kasgoinjail]

Lol at only 47

Jamaica where they people for a box food?

Yh it's start tbh

 

[get these nets]

35.9 per cent decline in murder - Jamaica Observer

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is reporting a 35.9 per cent decline in murders between January 1 and April 5 this year, when compared to the same period in 2024. “That is a big decline in murders. The JCF's crime data shows that 191 homicides were recorded up to April...

www.jamaicaobserver.com

04/09/25
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is reporting a 35.9 per cent decline in murders between January 1 and April 5 this year, when compared to the same period in 2024.

“That is a big decline in murders. The JCF’s crime data shows that 191 homicides were recorded up to April 5 and if you look at last year, January 1 to April 5, there were 298 murders. This year, we have 107 fewer than we did last year. That’s 107 less families mourning their children,” Minister of Education, Youth, Skills and Information, Senator Dana Morris Dixon, said.

When the numbers were going up, we were all exclaiming in Jamaica, and rightly so. And as the numbers go down, we have to celebrate it, and it’s not just the homicide numbers. If we look at shootings, shootings are down by 26 per cent; rape, down by 57 per cent and robberies are down by seven per cent,” the minister added.

Senator Morris Dixon was speaking at a post-Cabinet press briefing, held today (April 9) at Jamaica House.

She also informed that in his weekly address to the JCF in the Force Orders, Police Commissioner, Kevin Blake, noted that Jamaica recorded the lowest number of murders in more than 25 years.

He also highlighted that the first quarter of 2025 marks the sixth consecutive quarter in which murders have declined.

“Commissioner Blake also noted that the first quarter also saw the most significant drop in major crimes we’ve seen since 2001. These reductions are a result of continued investment in intelligence-led policing, technological upgrades, and strategic partnerships,” Senator Morris Dixon said.

 

[Kasgoinjail]

Big difference