Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland — Members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) who are assigned to the Westmoreland Police Divisional Headquarters in Savanna-la-Mar will have to endure challenging working conditions for another six months as the Government places priority on completing the new $2.7-billion headquarters in Llandilo.

“That is all the focus because that is the Sav-la-Mar HQ,” Minister of National Security and Peace Dr Horace Chang told the Jamaica Observer Monday.

The historic building was severely damaged during the passage of Hurricane Melissa last October. Cops now work from a hodgepodge of spaces, including containers and a building at the back of the station previously used as a meeting room. Some residents who have business to conduct at the station have to stand at a window while others sit and wait outside, exposed to the elements.