"Police Statues Regulate Roadways"

The traffic department of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) in partnership with the Community Safety and Security Branch (CSSB) and (insert next partner) have been proactively devising and executing new strategies in an attempt to reduce the amount of accidents on the Jamaican roadways islandwide. The latest innovations are the life size statues of traffic police officers that will be strategically placed on accident proned roadways in order to maintain and regularize the speed of motorists. the statues are of the officers fully clad in uniform holding a radar gun. The statues that will be mounted in each area will resemble and be the actual silhouette of an active and renown traffic police that is assigned and operates in that geographical region. From a distance motorists will not be able to differentiate between the police statues and the actual police personnel. Occassionally the statues will be substituted with the actual officers of whom they are a replica unannounced and therefore motorists are cautioned to travel at the appropriate speeds on the roadways for their own safety. it is with hope  that after a period of time, in response to the campaign, motorists will not need an officer or statue to determine the speed at which they travel but will proactively practice Road Safety through Safe Driving.

The first statue was temporarily mounted in September and the anticpated public response was achieved as motorists tended to adjust their speed accordingly as they approached the statue. The campaign is expected to be launched in its entirety (insert date that statues are expected to be mounted). The campaign will encompass all parishes and the progress of the campaign will be closely monitored in order to measure its effectiveness. The amount of life lost as a result of road Accidents paired with reckless driving is a growing cause of concern in Jamaica. The CSSB and DIFID, are working tirelessly to implement effective ways to address and help to promote and instill in all motorists the importance of practicing Road Safety through adhering to Road Rules.