The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) has responded to media reports that an illegal power connection was discovered at the Negril Police Station on July 31.
In a statement to the media, the power supply company said no illegal connection was found at the station, and none of its team members made any such allegation.
However, it said reports of an unusual power supply dislocation and other challenges at the facility and in a neighbouring community on the night in focus were correct.
It was also acknowledged that it took a day for power to be restored to the station.
The company said a number of customers in a neighbouring area were affected by a power outage that resulted from a motor vehicle accident, which the media reported on.
However, the JPS said the outage at the police station resulted from an unrelated development, which it identified as sudden and intense winds which brought down a tree, causing damage to the service wire at the station.
The company said it was not until the following evening that power was restored to the station because the JPS team “took the opportunity to do a necessary upgrade to the supply to the police station, which is in keeping with the company’s practice to undertake maintenance when restoring power following an emergency, so as to minimise disruption in supply to our customers.”
The JPS also expressed “appreciation and respect for the work of the police, not just at the Negril Police Station, but the entire Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), which serves and protects our nation.”
