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 7th day of December 2023 I reported for duty at 10:00 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, in plain clothes and in an unmarked vehicle. One team was tasked with the responsibility of gathering intelligence, this team would be travelling in an unmarked service unit and accompanied by members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force attached to the Transport Authority.  All members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force as well as members on the team with whom I was travelling 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 team members who were tasked to gather evidence, to ensure compliance as stipulated under the Transport Authority and Road Traffic Acts and Regulations. 
Based on information from Inspectors in an unmarked unit to include inspector I. Francis the team was on the lookout for a blue Toyota Corolla Fielder registered 4711KB that was seen operating as a Public Passenger Vehicle. I along with the team assigned were parked along Lionel Town Centre in the parish of Clarendon. At about 12:15 pm I observed a Blue Toyota Corolla Fielder with the same registered number 4711KB. The vehicle entered on to the Lionel Town terminal location in the town centre, where persons were seen exiting the motor car and monies inclusive of $100 notes were handed over to the driver by these persons. The driver then exited the vehicle and began soliciting passengers for the Rocky Point community. I could see this clearly as the weather conditions were fair and there was nothing obstructing my view. I pointed this observation to my team members and the supervisor gave the driver of the service unit instructions. We tried to intercept the said vehicle. The driver, however managed to elude the team, communication was made with the team travelling in the unmarked vehicle that the driver eluded my team and to be on the lookout for the same vehicle and driver. Whilst travelling along the Portland Crossing Main Road at about 4:15pm, the team I was travelling with got a call from team members travelling in the unmarked service unit that they were travelling behind the same vehicle. The same vehicle was observed setting down passengers and exited the Rocky Point community. The team I was travelling with intercepted the vehicle after the driver entered onto the Portland Crossing Main Road. 
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February 7, 2024
Antoinette Thompson
T.A. Route Inspector
The driver who I confirmed to be the same driver who was unloading, soliciting and loading again at the Terminal Location based on what he was wearing and his facial features. The same driver was cautioned by Police Officers and his vehicle documents requested. From his Driver’s Licence he was identified as Alroy Cato of Lot 10 Poinciana Mews, Lionel Town Housing Scheme, Clarendon. 
There were two passengers present in the motor car. Based on investigation they were not travelling together. They were questioned in the presence of the driver, the passengers inside the motor car each stated that they intended to pay fares of $150 JMD per person for their journey and that they were picked up in Rocky Settlement and were going to Lionel Town. The driver was cautioned by me and informed of my earlier observations to which he stated “Afta mi nuh wa dem tek up mi vehicle.” I asked the driver if he was operating and he said, “miss please mi a beg you a chance mi a try work pan the money fi sort out the vehicle.”
The driver produced all his documents except a road licence and a PPV insurance. I inspected all vehicle documents and the vehicle was insured for only social, domestic and pleasure purposes. I informed the driver that he was committing a breach as he was operating without the requisite documents to operate as a PPV. I cautioned the driver and informed him of the offences and that he would be prosecuted for operating without a Road Licence and No Public Passenger Vehicle Insurance. The passengers on board the motor car started to beg for the same operator as they  uttered, “ a him affi help we out most times cause no red plate nuh down here.” They were asked to exit the vehicle and take another transportation to their destination as the vehicle will be seized. I informed the driver that the vehicle will be seized. I began to prepare a warning notice for the driver and a wrecking service was called to tow the same vehicle to the Swansea Pound. The warning notice was prepared and given to the driver. The driver was asked to visit the Transport Authority Swansea Satellite office between the hours of 8:30am and 3:00pm at his earliest convenience. 
On Friday the 8th of December 2023 about 1:15pm, Mr. Cato visited the Transport Authority Swansea Satellite Office where summonses for no road licence and no ppv insurance were served on Mr. Cato by Inspector A. Roper to appear before the May Pen Traffic Court on Wednesday February 28, 2024.
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February 7, 2024
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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February 7, 2024