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<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/09/Police-Stations-Horace-Chang-1024x633.jpg" alt=" Minister of National Security, Dr Horace Chang (second left), and Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson (left), look on as Head of Corporate Services in the Ministry, Delroy Simpson second right); and Projects Director, Build-Rite Construction Company Limited, Odane Gordon, affix their signature to a contract for the renovation of the Tivoli Gardens and Allman Town police stations in Kingston. " class="wp-image-8694" /><figcaption>Minister of National Security, Dr Horace Chang (second left), and Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson (left), look on as Head of Corporate Services in the Ministry, Delroy Simpson second right); and Projects Director, Build-Rite Construction Company Limited, Odane Gordon, affix their signature to a contract for the renovation of the Tivoli Gardens and Allman Town police stations in Kingston. </figcaption></figure>
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<p>Another 14 police stations across the
island are being renovated at a cost of $195 million as the Government
continues to improve the working conditions of members of the Jamaica
Constabulary Force (JCF).</p>
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<p>They are Annotto Bay Police Station
in St Mary; Mavis Bank, Irish Town, Gordon Town, and August Town police stations
in St Andrew; Tivoli Gardens, Kingston Central, Allman Town, Admiral Town, and
Darling Street police stations in Kingston; Maggoty and Pedro Plains police
stations in St Elizabeth; Clarks Town Police Station in Trelawny; and Chapelton
Police Station in Clarendon.</p>
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<p>Eight contracts have been awarded to
undertake the improvements, which have already started. Works include roof
repairs, electrical and plumbing works, infrastructural repairs, termite
treatment, refurbishing of bathrooms, improving drainage systems and replacing
perimeter fencing.</p>
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<p>The signing ceremony took place on
Wednesday, September 11, at the Ministry of National Security’s Oxford Road
offices in Kingston.</p>
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<p>The 14 police stations for which the
contracts were signed are among 25 that are in the process of being
rehabilitated, with six close to completion. Another 16 stations are undergoing
the procurement process.</p>
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<p>Portfolio Minister, Dr Horace Chang,
in his remarks, said that by “providing police officers with updated,
fit-for-purpose facilities, we are strengthening their capacity to
appropriately represent their office while effectively carrying out their
duties in securing Jamaican lives and livelihoods.”</p>
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