District constable charged over alleged $400k theft at FNID
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Article reports criminal charges against a police officer (district constable) for alleged theft of $400k from FNID (Financial Investigations Division), a Jamaica Constabulary Force entity. This involves a public official charged with embezzlement/theft of government resources, falling clearly within corruption and government accountability scope.
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A file was prepared and submitted to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, which advised laying criminal charges against her.
Addressing the breach of trust, the Director of FNID, Superintendent of Police Patrae Rowe, reaffirmed that the division holds its personnel to the highest operational and ethical standards.
“FNID handles some of the most sensitive investigations in Jamaica. That demands absolute and unshakable integrity from every member who walks through our doors,” Superintendent Rowe stated. “Stealing from a colleague is a profound betrayal of the JCF. We do not hesitate to investigate our own, as criminality has no place within these walls.”
Plummer was scheduled to appear before the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Court Thursday, September 17, to answer the charge.
“We also need to find a way to establish that you can be respected and admired for things that are within the law. It does not take away from your prowess or your masculinity. You’re not a sissy by choosing to ride in an orderly way at a safe speed and wearing a helmet,” Allen says.
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