Police Commissioner Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin (left), addresses his press conference at the Police Officers' Club in Kingston yesterday. Beside him is Deputy Commissioner Mark Shields. (Photo: Joseph Wellington)

POLICE Commissioner Hardley Lewin yesterday gave Jamaicans two weeks to clean up their act or face the consequences of a zero-tolerance policy which the police will be adopting.

Speaking at a press conference in Kingston yesterday, Lewin said the police would be coming down hard on breaches of the road traffic, night noise, anti-litter and environment laws.
"People need to be warned. In the next fortnight, if you don't have a helmet, get one, if you don't have seat belts installed in your car, get one. Action will be taken," Lewin said.

The police chief told reporters that among his priorities was bringing more perpetrators of gun and drug related crimes to book.

He said the development of an anti-extortion plan, the infiltration of criminal networks, improvement of the constabulary's ability to profile gangs and their members and improved relations with local, regional and international law enforcement partners were some of the tasks to be undertaken by the officers under his charge.

But Lewin stayed away from setting targets and instead asked for an assessment of his performance at the end of the year.