"The [Citizen Security and Justice Programme] CSJP, a programme of the Ministry of National Security, is in its second phase of funding from the Inter-American Development Bank, which will run until December 2013. Its main objectives are to prevent and reduce crime and violence, and to strengthen crime management capabilities through community action, and institutional strengthening at the ministry level."
"Currently it operates in 28 inner-city communities, or volatile and vulnerable communities in the Kingston Metropolitan Area, as well as in St James and Westmoreland."
[Simeon Robinson, programme manager at the CSJP] "expressed his appreciation to the various non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that have been assisting the programme in carrying out its mandate. Some of these NGOs include Rise Life Management, Kingston Restoration Company, and Youth Opportunities Unlimited."
""We do work with a large cadre of volunteers in each of these communities. I don't think we could afford to hire the number of persons who we rely on to assist us on the ground. We have, for instance, some community-based organisations through which we work and these persons are essentially volunteers and they have supported the programme in very significant ways," Robinson said."
""Without them, we would have to expand the staffing arrangement significantly and I don't think the programme can afford to do that. Because of these volunteers, we are able to deploy our resources in a strategic way within each community. When I refer to community-based organisations, a number of them organise themselves into Benevolent Societies. In other words, they are legal structures and among the membership of the benevolent societies are several community-based organisations like police youth clubs, among other interests," he added."
Quotes from Jamaica Observer: CJSP Hiring Residents To Strengthen It's Activities
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