Jamaica Gets Computerized Criminal Records System
Jamaica now has a computerized criminal records system.
The system replaces the dated manual format of documentation at the Criminal Records Office on Duke Street in Kingston with an electronic database.
It was installed at a cost of approximately $98.1 million (£545,267), with funding courtesy of the United Kingdom (UK) Government.
According to JIS, the facility now enables the JCF to streamline the collation and storage of new and existing data, and their retrieval for use in investigations and court hearings, among other proceedings.
The collaboration between Jamaica and the UK also facilitated training in the use of the technology by several JCF officers.
Installation of the electronic database is the first of two phases of support being provided through the UK-based ACRO Criminal Records Office.
The second will entail further development of the JCF’s fingerprint database for which over $134 million (£750,000) in additional financing support will be provided by the UK Government’s Home Office Conflict, Stability and Security Fund.
The new electronic database was formally launched during a ceremony at the Police Officers’ Club on Hope Road in St. Andrew, on June 3.
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