The Police Civilian Oversight Authority (PCOA) has launched a brand new class of their annual Remodeling Our Police Service (TOPS) Competitors for 2025.
The brand new Individuals’s Selection Award will give Jamaicans the chance to immediately take part by voting for the police station that has had probably the most constructive influence on them or their neighborhood.
Talking on the significance of the brand new class at a JIS Suppose Tank, on September 11, PCOA’s Chief Government Officer, Otarah Byfield-Nugent, defined why they added the award.
“Every year we attempt to discover a solution to make the awards higher and extra impactful. I feel it was additionally crucial for us to get Jamaica concerned in selecting an award for a station that has excelled and that has had super influence on individuals and their neighborhood,” she stated.
Now in its seventh yr, the TOPS competitors can be targeted on Space 5, which is comprised of the St. Andrew North, St. Thomas, St. Catherine North and St. Catherine South divisions.
Voting for the Individuals’s Selection Award is now open and all 39 police stations throughout Space 5 are eligible.
Mrs. Byfield-Nugent inspired the general public to participate. “Individuals who’re residing, perhaps working, or having any type of engagement with officers or the stations in Space 5, you’ll be able to vote for a station that has had a constructive influence on you or your neighborhood,” she stated.
Voting is on the market on-line at www.pcoa.gov.jm, the place a full checklist of eligible stations is displayed.
“When you select that station, then that vote can be registered. Now keep in mind, you may solely vote as soon as and for one station. Now the station that receives probably the most votes would be the winner. They are going to be named the winner of the Individuals’s Selection Award,” Mrs. Byfield-Nugent stated.
Voting closes on Friday, October 17, 2025, at 5:00 p.m.
Along with the brand new Individuals’s Selection Award, the PCOA will proceed its custom of recognising excellence throughout a number of different classes.
“We have now our TOP Station, TOP Division in Space 5, TOP Prisoners in Custody Station, TOP Buyer Service Division or Station. We even have the opposite stations, the highest stations within the different divisions that haven’t gained, however they’re additionally recognised. We have now, as effectively, the TOP Marine Submit, we’re persevering with that award this yr. And at last, we’ve the Dr. the Honourable Marshall Corridor Award for the highest station or a division in Space 2 that has improved of their efficiency,” Mrs. Byfield-Nugent famous.
The TOPS Awards Ceremony will happen on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
The occasion can be reside streamed on the official YouTube platforms of each the PCOA and the Jamaica Constabulary Power (JCF) and also will be broadcast reside on native tv.
Remaining broadcast particulars can be made accessible on the PCOA’s web site within the coming weeks.
For extra data on the TOPS Awards Ceremony and voting for the Individuals’s Selection Award, individuals can go to www.pcoa.gov.jm.
