20 arrested on outstanding traffic warrants since start of 2024
Tamoy Ashman / Our Today
Assistant Commissioner of Police Gary McKenzie, head of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB), has revealed that some 20 persons have been arrested since the start of the new year concerning outstanding traffic warrants.
He urged motorists with unpaid traffic tickets or outstanding traffic warrants to get their affairs in order, warning that the police will continue to enforce the law as Operation Transportation Streamline moves into 2024.
The 2024 roll-out of Operation Transportation Streamline began on January 8.
“We are ensuring that not only are we going to issue traffic tickets, but where persons fail to attend court and warrants are issued, they are going to be executed,” he said.
“When a warrant is issued by the court, it is a directive to the Police to take the person into custody and to place them before the court at the earliest possible time,” McKenzie warned.
Motorists who suspect that a warrant may have been issued for their arrest can contact the Police Traffic headquarters to make arrangements to attend court.
The PSTEB Process Office, which manages warrants and other processes, can be contacted at 876-819-3899.
“As we move into 2024, we aim to have a safe roadway. We want a reduction of traffic crashes; we want [driver] behaviour to improve, and we want lawfulness to take place on our roads,” said the chief traffic cop.
According to the Road Safety Unit, 425 Jamaicans lost their lives to road traffic fatalities in 2023. The numbers represent a 13 per cent reduction compared to 2022.
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