Jamaican Government to spend less on Fighting Crime

As the citizens await this year’s budget reading, it is expected that the Government is to spend less on criminal investigation, police operations and the control and investigation of drug trafficking in 2014

Criminal investigation was cut by more than J$145 million, down from about J$2.4 billion in the last fiscal year, while the allocation for police operations has been cut by over J$746. 7 million, to just under J$14 billion.

The Government will also spend less on drug trafficking investigation and control, for which the budget was reduced in the 2014/ 2015 Estimates of Expenditure tabled in parliament last Thursday. Spending was cut from over J$508 million to just over $499 million.

The Centre for Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA) will also operate on less with budget estimates reduced to just over J$111 million, down from more than $117 million

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