Before March 2026, an attorney who practices at the parish court, Supreme Court and Appeal Court levels was leery of stories about misconduct by members of the security forces. But she says all that has changed since an encounter with a cop, whose advances she rejected, saw her beaten and tossed outside a government office.

“I used to be sceptical when clients shared these stories but…I’ve experienced it for myself,” the lawyer, who asked not to be identified by name, told the Jamaica Observer in a recent interview.

She said she was at the Police Records Office in May Pen, Clarendon, on March 12 this year to conduct business when the unexpected occurred.