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 Southern Regional Office located at 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 Tuesday the 12th day of September 2023 I reported for duty at 6:00 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 documents inspection along Church Pen Road in the parish of Clarendon.  At about 10:56 am I observed a Toyota Coaster registration number PF8680 coming toward the direction in which I was standing. I executed the number one hand signal to which the driver complied. I approached the vehicle where I observed that it was laden with passengers. Destination markings for Mandeville to Kingston route were on the front and back of the vehicle. I cautioned the driver, asked if he was operating to which he stated “yes,” and requested his vehicle documents to include: Road Licence, Motor Vehicle Registration Certificate, Fitness Certificate, Insurance Certificate, Logbook, Badge and Drivers Licence. He did not produce a Driver’s Licence, Badge or Logbook to me. All other documents were received and found to be up to date. He was not clad in his driver’s uniform which consists of a light blue shirt and dark blue pants. I again cautioned the driver and requested these documents and informed him that he was not in his correct uniform, he stated that he was coming from the mechanic as it relates to the uniform and decided to “run a trip to make some much needed cash.”  Discretion was used in this regard. It was borne out that no logbook was on the vehicle, the driver was not the holder of a driver’s badge and he did not have his driver’s licence on his person. 
He gave his name to be Christopher Grey of a 15 Hatfield Avenue, Gregory Park, St. Catherine address. I informed him of the offences and that he would be prosecuted for failure to keep a logbook in the vehicle at all times, failure to wear badge and failure to produce Driver’s Licence.
Summonses were prepared and served to appear before the Old Harbour Traffic Court on Friday November 10, 2023. He accepted and left. A photograph was taken of Mr. Grey so that he could be identified using a Samsung A72 smartphone, it was printed at the Transport Authority’s Swansea Satellite and attached to file to be used as exhibit.
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October 27, 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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October 27, 2023