The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has received $80 million from the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment, through the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), which will go towards purchasing and repairing JCF vehicles used in resort areas.

A portion of the funds have been used to purchase 10 new vehicles at a cost of $45 million and the remaining $35 million will be used to conduct repairs to over 100 vehicles currently in use.

For its part, over the past few years, the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment has been collaborating with the Ministry of National Security to further boost crime-fighting efforts islandwide.

Far-reaching

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Dr Wykeham McNeill, has stressed that "we must unite around the issue of national security. It has a profound and far-reaching social and economic impact."

Over the last two years the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) has provided over $241 million to aid the JCF in securing additional resources. Some of these ventures have included the provision of $25 million to effect repairs to the Negril Police Station as well as $57 million to support the effort to fund the installation of a closed-circuit television system in Ocho Rios.

This recent donation forms part of an ongoing initiative to boost the resources of the island's crime fighters as they seek to boost the safety of visitors and citizens.