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 Friday the 21st day of October 2022 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. A Justice of the Peace for the parish of Clarendon was also present.  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 conducting a vehicle stop and inspection along Spur Tree in the parish of Manchester.  When at about 10:13 am I observed a Toyota Hiace registration number PM3807 coming toward the direction to which I was standing. A police officer executed the number on signal to which the driver complied. I approached the said vehicle, introduced myself and requested the driver produce the vehicle documents to include: Road Licence, Motor Vehicle Registration Certificate, Fitness Certificate, Insurance Certificate, Logbook, Ticket book, Badge and Drivers Licence. The driver presented all to me except his ticket book. From his driver’s licence he was identified to be Hubert Palmer of Longwood District, Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth. I cautioned the driver and again asked for his ticket book to which he stated “mi nuh have none, hurry up and write weh yuh a write mek me guh bout mi business.”
I counted 16 passengers in the motor truck excluding the driver and they were adults. Based on his road licence the vehicle was licence to carry 14 passengers excluding the driver, I informed him of such to which he replied “if mi fi follow the law mi don’t mek no money.”  The driver was also not in the prescribed uniform. He was wearing a blue button front shirt and a blue pants with piping on both sides. When I pointed this out to the driver he stated, a mi correct uniform this.  I informed the driver that the prescribed uniform consists of a light blue bush jacket with dark blue epaulette on each shoulder and dark blue pants with light blue pipings on each side. The driver stated that the uniform was what he had been wearing for a number of years now. I informed him that I would give him time to get the correct uniform and informed him of the correct uniform. I asked the passengers in the sight and hearing of the driver if they had paid fares and all replied yes. I asked if tickets were issued and they replied they did not get any ticket. I again cautioned the driver and pointed out the offences of Excess Passengers 16/14, failure to issue tickets and failure to wear uniform and informed him that he would be charged for failure to issue tickets and excess passengers 16/14.
 I showed him condition five on his road licence which stated the number of passengers to be seated in the vehicle as fourteen excluding the driver. I prepared summonses and served them accordingly for the driver to appear before the Mandeville Traffic Court on Thursday December 8, 2022 to answer for the aforementioned offences. The summonses were read over to Mr. Palmer. He accepted and left. 
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Antoinette Thompson
T.A. Route Inspector
October 27, 2022
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, 2022