Jus­tice Min­is­ter De­vesh Ma­haraj has be­gun a high-lev­el stake­hold­er con­sul­ta­tion to ad­dress de­lays in in­ves­ti­ga­tions in­to fa­tal po­lice-in­volved shoot­ings.

The Min­istry of Jus­tice, in a state­ment yes­ter­day, said a re­port with rec­om­men­da­tions aris­ing out of the talks will be sub­mit­ted to Cab­i­net to look in­to the mat­ter.

Sta­tis­tics from the Po­lice Com­plaints Au­thor­i­ty (PCA) re­vealed that for the pe­ri­od Jan­u­ary 1, 2024, to Ju­ly 3, 2024, there were 15 fa­tal shoot­ing in­ci­dents with 23 vic­tims. How­ev­er, for the pe­ri­od Jan­u­ary 1, 2025, to Ju­ly 2 2025, there were 30 fa­tal shoot­ing in­ci­dents with 39 vic­tims.