KINGSTON, Jamaica — Opposition Spokesperson on Justice Zuleika Jess is calling for immediate and systemic reform of Jamaica’s policing accountability framework.

Citing data from the Independent Commission of Investigations (Indecom) that 133 people have been shot and killed by members of the security forces since the start of the year, an average of more than 26 per month, Jess expressed serious concern at the public response from the country’s most senior justice officials.

She pointed to the Minister of Justice’s declaration that the law permits police to use deadly force against a fleeing suspect, and the Police Commissioner’s instruction to officers not to become paralysed by public criticism in the wake of fatal shootings, describing both as statements that erode public confidence and build a wall of institutional arrogance around the security forces.