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 25th day of May 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 appropriately 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 standing along New Longville in the parish of Clarendon.  At about 2:00 pm when I observed a Toyota Wish registration number PL5164 coming toward the direction in which I was standing. An officer executed the number one signal for the driver to stop and he complied. I approached the said vehicle, cautioned the driver, introduced myself and requested the driver produce the vehicle documents to include: Road Licence, Motor Vehicle Registration Certificate, Fitness Certificate, Insurance Certificate, Badge and Drivers Licence. There was no off duty/chartered sign affixed to the dashboard of the said vehicle. The windows on the vehicle were heavily tinted which prevented inward view. The driver exited the vehicle and I observed he was not in uniform nor was he wearing his drivers badge, he was in a black sweater shirt and perforated jeans shorts. 
The driver produced all documents except his driver’s badge. All documents received were found up to date.   I pointed out the offences of Failure to wear uniform, failure to wear badge and unlawfully installing or causing to be installed tint on the glass of a PPV. I informed him that summonses will be prepared for the same offences. I informed him that the tint should not be such that it prevented inward view according to the Transport Authority amendment regulations 2005. The driver stated “mummy mi a beg yuh a chance mi aunty dead a town and a di likkle money mi a try save up fi bury ar.” 
I used my discretion regarding the failure to wear uniform and failure to wear driver’s badge offences and I informed the driver of the steps to take in order to acquire a badge. A Summons was issued and prepared accordingly for all other offences to appear before the May Pen Traffic Court on Wednesday July 26, 2023. The summons was read over and served to Mr. Richards. He accepted and left.
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June 1, 2023		
Antoinette Thompson
T.A. Route Inspector
This statement consists of one page 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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June 1, 2023