Former head of the Crime Management Unit, Senior
Superintendent Reneto Adams has retired.
After more than 30 years in the Jamaica Constabulary Force, the controversial top cop spent his last day in office Friday.
Just minutes before leaving office, the cop who is seen as a hero in some communities in Jamaica reflected on his many years in the battlefield.
Senior Superintendent Adams says he has one regret...that marauding gunmen in Tivoli Gardens confronted the security forces in July 2001.
The incident led to the deadly West Kingston affair in which 25 people were killed.
"I hope that there were never circumstances that led us there, I would have hoped that there was peace and tranquility always in that area. The criminal elements have always tried to make this community hostile to the police...so for that I am eternally sorry and in sorrow for the circumstances that took place that we had to go in,"
The senior cop added that criminal elements causing chaos in the society are getting too much press.
"We are only at the first stage, the other stage is to come if we don't deal with the criminal elements that we have. And I am perturbed to see that criminal elements are being thought of in a more genuine way than decent law abiding citizens by government, the police force, by the private sector, by people who call themselves human rights people...the overriding interest is the interest of criminal elements," said SSP Reneto Adams.
After more than 30 years in the Jamaica Constabulary Force, the controversial top cop spent his last day in office Friday.
Just minutes before leaving office, the cop who is seen as a hero in some communities in Jamaica reflected on his many years in the battlefield.
Senior Superintendent Adams says he has one regret...that marauding gunmen in Tivoli Gardens confronted the security forces in July 2001.
The incident led to the deadly West Kingston affair in which 25 people were killed.
"I hope that there were never circumstances that led us there, I would have hoped that there was peace and tranquility always in that area. The criminal elements have always tried to make this community hostile to the police...so for that I am eternally sorry and in sorrow for the circumstances that took place that we had to go in,"
The senior cop added that criminal elements causing chaos in the society are getting too much press.
"We are only at the first stage, the other stage is to come if we don't deal with the criminal elements that we have. And I am perturbed to see that criminal elements are being thought of in a more genuine way than decent law abiding citizens by government, the police force, by the private sector, by people who call themselves human rights people...the overriding interest is the interest of criminal elements," said SSP Reneto Adams.
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