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 15th day of June 2023 I reported for duty at 6:30 am, I was briefed accordingly by my supervisor and dispatched on an intelligence driven roving operation that was scheduled to take place on the said day. I was accompanied by fellow inspectors acting covertly and in an unmarked vehicle. One team was tasked with the responsibility of gathering intelligence. The other team would be travelling in a marked service unit and accompanied by members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force attached to the Transport Authority.  All members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force were properly attired in their respective uniforms. My duties for the day entailed inspection of vehicles suspected of operating as PPV without the requisite documents to do so, based on information given by a covert team, to ensure compliance as stipulated under the Transport Authority and Road Traffic Acts and Regulations. 
Based on information received from team members to include Area Supervisor K. Black who were travelling in the unmarked vehicle, the team was on the lookout for a White Toyota Voxy with registration number 5650KG that was seen setting down Garvey Maceo High School student passengers and collecting fares operating as a contract Carriage. The team to include Area Supervisor K. Black began roving along Milk River and adjoining communities. About 7:56am while parked across from the Garvey Maceo High School, I observed the same vehicle described drive up to the school gate where students were seen exiting the same vehicle and handing monies inclusive of $100 notes. I could see clearly and there was nothing obstructing my view. I pointed this out to my team members and the driver and attempt were made to intercept the same vehicle, however the driver eluded the team. About 2:30 pm whilst driving along the Parnassus main road, I observed the same vehicle registered 5650KG heavily laden with school children from what was later confirmed to be the Garvey Maceo high school. The windows were down and I could see clearly, I pointed this observation out to my supervisor and team members again and the team began following the same vehicle at a safe distance. I observed when upon reaching the York Town Community centre the vehicle came to a stop where two students exited the vehicle and handed over monies inclusive of $100 notes to the driver.
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September 5, 2023
Antoinette Thompson
T.A. Route Inspector
The vehicle was intercepted at this time. The police officers on board exited and approached the vehicle along with myself and other inspectors to include K. Black. The driver was cautioned and her vehicle documents were requested to include: Motor Vehicle Registration Certificate, Fitness Certificate, Insurance Certificate, and Drivers Licence. She produced all documents. From her Driver’s Licence she was identified as Kenesha Sinclair of Duke Street, Tollgate, Clarendon. This same driver and vehicle were identified to have been seized at on a prior date by inspector S. Smith.
I relayed my observations and the occurrence of the morning to the driver, who admitted to illegally carrying passengers for hire, she stated “a likle phone card and gas money unuh really a kill me fah?” she stated that it was her intention to apply for a licence but “di man fi di car don’t want nuh red plate pon it.” The students were questioned by myself and K. Black in the sight and hearing of the driver. They each stated that the driver usually transported them to and from school and they paid fares ranging from $150 to $300 depending on their destination. The two students who exited at the centre paid fares of $150 each and one female student was remaining inside the vehicle who paid $300 for her journey which was expected to terminate at Tollgate. I cautioned the driver and informed her of the offences of operating without a Road Licence in contravention of section 61 (1) & (4A) of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2005, Contrary to section 13 (2) (a) (v) of the Transport Authority (Amendment) Act 2005. No PPV insurance in Contravention of section 4 (1) of the Motor Vehicle (Third Party Risk) Law. I reminded the driver that the vehicle was seized on a previous occasion for these offences and she was seen committing the same offences once again. She stated, “weh mi fi do now miss? Weh mi fi do, a likkle hair dressing mi really duh enuh miss, a just because mi affi carry mi son come a school mi just carry dem to an di likkle money weh dem gimme a jus fi buy gas and phone card!” A wrecking service was called and a warning notice was prepared and served on the driver. The student on board was asked to exit the motor vehicle. Information was given to Ms. Sinclair to include that she would be served summonses for the above mentioned offences and that she should visit the Swansea satellite office and pound between the hours of 8:30am and 3:00pm at her earliest convenience. The vehicle was taken to the Transport Authority Swansea Satellite office and Pound. 
 At about 3:00 pm the same day, Ms. Sinclair visited the Swansea Satellite office. Summonses for Operating without a Road Licence and No PPV insurance that were prepared, were signed and sealed my Justice of the Peace and served on Ms. Sinclair to appear before the May Pen Traffic Court on Wednesday September 27, 2023. 
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September 5, 2023
Antoinette Thompson
T.A. Route Inspector
This statement consists of ___ page(s) 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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September 5, 2023