UPDATE: 8 guns seized in Portland

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/8-guns-seized-in-Portland

Personal/Home Security Tip

Predators can use a dark or poorly lit environment to their advantage. Returning to a dark house is unsafe, so if you know you won't be home before nightfall, ensure to turn on outside lights before leaving your house.

Ex-cop among three held after attempted robbery

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Ex-cop-among-three-held-after-attempted-robbery_10236189

Forensic shame

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Slow-results-from-Gov-t-lab-hurting-INDECOM-S-probes-into-police-excesses_10238084

Personal Security Tip

· If you are held up/mugged/attacked, take mental notes and try to remember distinguishing features about your attacker; what he/she was wearing, if they spoke etc.. This could help in the investigation and potential arrest of your aggressor.

Home Security

· If you enter your house and notice that things are out of place, like someone has been there, exit the house immediately and call the police

Police deeply wounded by corrupt co-workers

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20111107/lead/lead4.html

COMPUTER SAFETY

Avoid signing on to random/unknown wireless networks. Signing onto such networks can allow the administrator access to your personal files.

Jamaica named among countries with high rate of violent deaths

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/latest/article.php?id=32912