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 22th day of June 2023 I reported for duty at 6:00 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 a marked 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 to include Constable L. Mitchell 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 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 members in an unmarked unit to include Area Supervisor K. Lovelace the team was on the lookout for a Toyota Corolla Altis registered 2311JH that was seen operating as a Public Passenger Vehicle. I along with the team assigned were parked along Santa Cruz in the parish of St. Elizabeth. At about 5:30 pm I observed a Toyota Corolla Altis registration number 2311JH. The vehicle entered into a Gas Station 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 Park mountain area. 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 Park Main Road, 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 entered into a community known as Rocky Hill. The team intercepted the vehicle after the driver collided with a light post. The service unit I was travelling in entered into the same community not long after the Police officers travelling in the unmarked unit were in pursuit of the same driver who was trying to escape on foot.
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August 4, 2023
Antoinette Thompson
T.A. Route Inspector
The driver was subsequently apprehended by the Police and other inspectors present approached the vehicle, some of the passengers he had picked up at the gas station were still on board. The driver who I confirmed to be the same driver who was unloading, soliciting and loading again at the Gas Station 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 Marlon Walker of Park Mountain, Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth. 
There were a total of 5 passengers present in the motor car. They were questioned in the presence of the driver, the passengers that were seen exiting the vehicle confirmed that the monies I had seen them handing over was monies of $150 JMD for their fares. The remaining passengers inside the motor car each stated that they intended to pay fares of $150 JMD per person for their journey. The passengers were confirmed to be the same passengers that were picked up at the gas station earlier. 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, most a dem know mi good.” When he was asked who he was talking he stated “transport, unuh, afta mi nuh know if a transport and police or transport alone. Mi prefer fi lik up the vehicle dan fi transport tek it up God know! Mi hot enuh mi hot! a likkle robot mi a run fi nuh kill or rob nobody.” I informed him that even though he was trying to make an honest living he still needed to get himself legal by applying for a PPV road licence for the vehicle.
The driver produced all his documents except a road licence and a PPV insurance. I cautioned the driver and informed him of the offences and that he would be prosecuted for 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 and No Public Passenger Vehicle Insurance. The passengers on board the motor car 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. The warning notice was prepared and given to the driver. the driver was asked to visit the Transport Authority Mandeville office between the hours of 8:30am and 3:00pm at his earliest convenience. 
On Friday the 23rd of June 2023 about 2:42pm, Mr. Walker visited the Transport Authority Mandeville Office where summonses for no road licence and no ppv insurance were served on Mr. Walker by Inspector Y. Patterson to appear before the Black River Traffic Court on Thursday September 28th 2023.
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August 4, 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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August 4, 2023