With concerns growing amid a string of bomb hoaxes at three courthouses in Jamaica — the latest occurring yesterday at the Supreme Court — Justice Minister Delroy Chuck says closed-circuit television cameras that are to be installed at court complexes Islandwide are to help combat these types of security issues.
The ceremonial opening of the Michaelmas Term of the Home Circuit Court at the Supreme Court building in downtown Kingston came to a premature end yesterday, amid reports that a bomb threat had been issued. The threat, like the ones before, turned out to be fake, but the building was evacuated and services at the courthouse temporarily halted.
According to the Jamaica Observer, yesterday’s fake bomb threat is the fourth such report since August, including one made against the Trelawny Parish Court and two at the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Court.
Responding to concerns about the threats at an installation ceremony for 22 new justices of the peace in Trelawny last Friday, Chuck said they should not be happening.
In the meantime, head of the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigation Branch (C-TOC), Assistant Commissioner Fitz Bailey, said the police are taking the threats seriously.
