The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has launched its Offences, Points to Prove and Authorities Handbook 2021.
The handbook is a comprehensive electronic refence tool which will provide users with concise explanations of the key elements required to establish certain criminal offences and identify gaps in the evidence around crucial legal issues and points of law.
Among other things, it contains the applicable sentence ranges, the offence wordings, definitions for legal terms, key authorities, case log and the actual legislation that creates the offences, as well as original judgements.
Commissioner of Police Major General Antony Anderson, in his address at the virtual launch of the handbook on Friday (November 5), said the development of the handbook is part of the transformation of the organisational structures of the JCF, specifically the redevelopment of the Force’s Legal Affairs Division.