Cop sounds alarm as domestic violence surges in Trelawny

FALMOUTH, Trelawny — Commander of this parish’s police division, Superintendent Velonique Campbell has sounded the alarm over a worrying surge in domestic violence, warning that the sharp third-quarter increase is a grave problem and will force the constabulary to intensify its response.

The Trelawny division recorded 68 of its 94 domestic violence cases for the year during July, August, and September, with August accounting for 34 — the highest monthly tally so far this year.

“Of course, this uptick in the third quarter is of major concern to the division, and that is why we are going to improve and increase our initiative targeting this very sensitive issue,” Campbell said Wednesday afternoon at an anti-domestic violence pop-up clinic hosted by the police force’s Trelawny Community Safety and Security Branch.