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PART B
THE OPERATION OF 24 MAY
4.44.
According to the witness statement of CDS Saunders, “the plan to
detain Mr. Christopher Coke was to be launched on 25 August 2009 or any time
thereafter as we received authorisation”. The internal security operation was
launched at 11.00 a.m. on 24 May 2010.
4.45.
By 8.00 a.m. on 24 May, the soldiers and police officers who were
detailed for duty in the internal security operation were massed and briefed at
Up Park Camp and Harmon Barracks, by their respective commanders. All of
these commanders who gave evidence, insisted that they warned their troops of
the need to respect the human rights of individuals and reminded them of the
Use of Force Policy and Rules of Engagement as these applied to the JCF and
JDF respectively.
Division of the Area of Operation into Sectors
4.46.
For the purposes of the operation, Tivoli Gardens was divided into
3 sectors. The boundaries of sector 1 were: Industrial Terrace to the West;
Spanish Town Road to the North ; Marcus Garvey Drive to the South and, to the
East, an imaginary line running parallel to Industrial Terrace from Spanish Town
Road to Marcus Garvey Drive. Sector 1 therefore included places such as Java,
Chang Avenue, Dee Cee Avenue, Industrial Terrace. Maj. Luis Cheverria (JDF)
and DSP Everton Tabannah (JCF) were the Ground Commanders for sector 1.
4.47.
The boundaries of sector 2 were: to the West, the Tivoli Gully
running North to South from Spanish Town Road to Producers Road; to the
North, where the Gully meets Spanish Town Road, then East along Spanish Town
Road to a point where Tivoli Court is cut in half and East where there is the other
half of Tivoli Court and moving South along Wilton Hill Drive to Producers Road;