By Rasbert Turner, Gleaner Writer 
Dr. Peter Phillips (right), Minister of National Security listens attentively to Police Commissioner Francis Forbes at the graduation ceremony for over 400 constables yesterday at Twickenham Park Police Academy in Spanish Town, St. Catherine.
SOME $40 million will be made available next month to address the shortage of motor vehicles within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).
This according to National Security Minister Dr. Peter Phillips, who was speaking yesterday at the graduation ceremony for 443 recruits at the Police Academy, Twickenham Park, St. Catherine.
He told the gathering of several hundred, that the police would be going all out to clamp down on the profits of drug dons.
Dr. Peter Phillips told the graduates that they were now part of a very complex organisation. He charged them to make honesty and integrity the hallmark of their performance.
Police Commissioner Francis Forbes, who was guest speaker, commended the recruits and staff for the commitment and dedication to making the graduation a reality. He told the gathering that this group of graduates brings to 3,822 the number of persons recruited and trained since he became Commissioner of Police seven years ago. He said the Jamaica Constabulary Force was still short of the required 8,500 personnel.
The group which endured eight months of rigorous training at the Academy and Echo Village in St. Andrew, was made up of 92 females and 351 males.
Ten of the recruits were presented with various awards for outstanding performances. Constable Damion Riley and Woman Constable Sidoney Newland were awarded for best academic performances.
