THE Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) has given a high rating to Commissioner of Police Major General Antony Anderson, but low ranking to politicians in the fight against serious crimes.

PSOJ President Keith Duncan told reporters covering the organisation’s press briefing that while it had planned the briefing to update the press on its strategic objectives, it had decided to address the nation’s crime issues instead.

He noted that Jamaica has been at a crisis level, with a murder toll of more than 1,000 per year for the past two decades, and while both major political parties have been in power for almost an equal time during the period, and have made well-intentioned efforts to bring it under control, the murders have continued.

He added that social intervention by successive governments has not delivered the required results, as they have been disjointed and not targeted or monitored and evaluated for effectiveness, while the gang culture has become entrenched in marginalised and depressed communities.

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