JCF mourning another cop’s sudden death

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has once again been plunged into mourning following the sudden death of a policeman.

He is 35-year-old Detective Constable Rameesh Williams, who was assigned to the Elleston Road Criminal Investigation Branch.

He reportedly died at his St Andrew home this morning.

The Gleaner understands that he was reportedly taking medication for flu-like symptoms.

“[He] complained last night of feeling weak, by the time they were to move with him he passed on,” a source close to the situation said.

He is the third serving member to die this week.

A retired senior policeman also died. On Sunday, Deputy Superintendent of Police Delroy Johnson, who was assigned to Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigation Branch, drowned while swimming at a river in St Ann.

On Wednesday, former police inspector Michael Smith was at his home in Horizon Park, St Catherine, when he complained about feeling ill and later died.

Also on Wednesday, a bizarre case of hitand-run involving a policeman left one of his colleagues dead.

Constable Rushane Lee, who was assigned to the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch, died on Thursday while undergoing treatment at hospital.

The police report that about 11:40 p.m. on January 31, a team was conducting vehicular checkpoint duties along the highway in Unity Valley in St Ann, when the driver of a Toyota Probox motor car, who was reportedly travelling at high speed, was signalled to stop.

The driver reportedly slowed down and then sped off, hitting the policeman in the process. The driver was later found to be a policeman. He is reportedly in custody.