Name: Antoinette Thompson
Address: Swansea Satellite Office, Osbourne Store, Clarendon
Occupation: Route Inspector
Telephone #: 618-0959
Antoinette Thompson States,
I am a gazetted Route Inspector since November 1, 2019 employed to the Transport Authority and attached to the Swansea Satellite Office, Osbourne Store, Clarendon. My duties as an Inspector include the monitoring and regulating of public passenger vehicles and prosecuting for breaches of the relevant Road Traffic enactments. 
On Thursday the 16th day of February 2023 I reported for duty at 10:00 am, I was briefed accordingly by my supervisor and dispatched on a summons operation that was scheduled to take place on the said day. I was accompanied by fellow inspectors, members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force attached to the Transport Authority, and a Justice of the Peace for the parish of Clarendon.  All members of the Transport Authority and Jamaica Constabulary Force were properly attired in our respective uniforms. My duties for the day entailed Inspection of PPV’s documents and drivers to ensure compliance as stipulated under the Transport Authority and Road Traffic Acts and Regulations. 
I along with the team assigned were conducting vehicle inspection along Guinep Tree in the parish of Clarendon.  At about 3:24 pm I observed a Toyota Wish registration number PM2266 coming toward my direction. I executed the number one signal to stop and pull over to which the driver complied. I approached the vehicle along with a Police officer. No destination markings were present on the front doors of the motor car. There was also an absence of the checkered strip, taxi globe and the association logo on the vehicle. I cautioned the driver and requested his vehicle documents to include: Road Licence, Motor Vehicle Registration Certificate, Fitness Certificate, Insurance Certificate, Badge and Drivers Licence. He was identified as Twain Smith of Crooked River, Clarendon from previous interactions I have had with this same driver.
The driver was not clad in his uniform he was clad in a burgundy shirt with herbal design and black pants which was not the prescribed uniform he was to be wearing. The prescribed uniform consists of a short sleeve white, blue and cream cotton/polyester blend shirt with the logo of the May Pen Taxi Association affixed on the left breast pocket and plain black or dark blue pants. Six adult passengers who were identified to be paying passengers were observed in the motor car and there was no off-duty/chartered sign.  
The driver did not produce any of the documents requested. I cautioned the driver and again requested his documents, to which he stated “hold on nuh, mi nu waa nuh summons.” I informed him of the offences of  Failure to wear uniform, failure to wear badge, failure to produce insurance certificate, failure to produce motor vehicle registration certificate, failure to produce fitness certificate, failure to produce road licence, failure to produce drivers licence, Operating contrary to the terms and conditions of his road licence condition  10, 13 and 14(no logo, no taxi globe and no  streak), failure to ensure that the destination of the vehicle are clearly and correctly displayed. I asked the driver why he did not comply with the requirements under law if he did not want to be summoned to which the driver hissed his teeth and did not reply he still refused to produce the documents requested.
I informed him that he would be prosecuted for the offences of Failure to wear uniform, failure to wear badge, failure to produce insurance certificate, failure to produce motor vehicle registration certificate, failure to produce fitness certificate, failure to produce road licence, failure to produce drivers licence, unlawfully installing or causing to be installed tint on a PPV, Operating contrary to the terms and conditions of his road licence condition  10 and 14(no logo and no  streak), failure to ensure that the destination of the vehicle are clearly and correctly displayed. 
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February 27, 2023
Antoinette Thompson
T.A. Route Inspector
I informed him that the checkered strip and logo were conditions on his road licence and as conditions they must be present on the vehicle as long as he is the holder of a road licence. I informed him that the checkered strip is colour coded black and white so that it identifies that the vehicle is a route taxi and not a hackney carriage. I also pointed out to him that his destination of May Pen to Pennants was a requirement.
 I also informed him that he should be in his Taxi Association shirt and plain black or dark blue pants. I informed him that because this was not the first instance he was spoken to about these same offence I would be serving summonses on him for the aforementioned offences of Failure to wear uniform, failure to wear badge, failure to produce insurance certificate, failure to produce motor vehicle registration certificate, failure to produce fitness certificate, failure to produce road licence, failure to produce drivers licence, unlawfully installing or causing to be installed tint on a PPV, Operating contrary to the terms and conditions of his road licence condition  10 and 14(no logo and no  streak), failure to ensure that the destination of the vehicle are clearly and correctly displayed. The driver then entered the vehicle under the guise that he was looking for the documents. And started the motor car and proceed to drive off the motor car, I informed him to pull over the same motor car and produce his documents and the driver hissed his teeth drove off. Summonses were prepared accordingly to appear before the May Pen Traffic Court on Wednesday April 26, 2023. 
At about 4:24 pm that same whilst driving along Main Street, May Pen I observed Mr. Smith Soliciting and loading passengers for the Pennants route. The Vehicle was parked in the vicinity of the Total Gas Station outlet, I informed my supervisor who gave the driver of the service unit certain instructions, the unit pulled over and we approach Mr. Smith. The summonses were served upon him to appear before the May Pen Traffic Court on Wednesday April 26, 2023 to answer for these same offences.
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February 27, 2023
Antoinette Thompson
T.A. Route Inspector
This statement consists of two pages signed by me is true to the best of my knowledge and belief and I make it knowing if it is tendered into evidence. I shall be liable to prosecution if I have willfully stated into it anything which I know to be false or do not believe to be true. 
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February 27, 2023