JCF FREED IN FATAL RUN - Court tosses father’s negligence case after son collapsed, died during recruitment test

A father has lost his negligence claim against the State over the death of his son, who collapsed during a physical assessment for recruitment to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) five years ago.

Supreme Court Justice Sonya Wint-Blair dismissed the claim, finding that the evidence did not prove that the JCF was negligent or that its recruitment procedures caused the aspiring recruit’s death.

Jerome Kerr collapsed after running about 350 to 400 metres of an 800-metre endurance test at the Police Training Academy in St Catherine on May 11, 2021. He was later hospitalised, but died.