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 Saturday the 7th day of October 2023 I reported for duty at 8:00 am, I was briefed accordingly by my supervisor and dispatched on an enforcement operation that was scheduled to take place on the said day. I was accompanied by fellow inspectors, who were in a marked service unit. We were accompanied by members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force.  All members of the Transport Authority and Jamaica Constabulary Force who were in the marked units were properly attired in their respective uniforms. My duties for the day was to ensure compliance as stipulated under the Transport Authority and Road Traffic Acts and Regulations. 
I along with the team assigned were driving along Junction Main Road in the parish of St. Elizabeth.  At about 3:50 pm I observed a Nissan AD waggon registration number 9508JZ the vehicle was in a line of traffic travelling from the direction of the gas station. Upon a plaza, the vehicle pulled over and the driver was observed setting down passengers to include and two adult female passengers. 
He was observed collecting moneys to include one hundred dollar notes and giving back change. He was also soliciting and loading passengers for the Alligator Pond. The vehicle had indications that it was a PPV to include black and white checkered streaks, a logo for the Manchester Taxi Association, the fleet number and the route for Junction to Alligator Pond. The vehicle however did not have a red plate. I cautioned the driver, asked if he was operating to which he stated yes. I spoke to him about the previous occurrences. I requested his vehicle documents to include: Road Licence, Motor Vehicle Registration Certificate, Fitness Certificate, Insurance Certificate and Drivers Licence. From his Driver’s Licence he was identified as Rayon Williams of Downs District, Watson’s Hill, Manchester.
The driver produced all his documents except a road licence. Based on documentation the application process was not started and as a result a road licence could not be issued for the vehicle. There was also no Public Passenger Vehicle insurance present for the same vehicle. I cautioned the driver and informed him of the offence and that he would be prosecuted for operating without a Road Licence and NO PPV Insurance. The passengers 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 prepared a warning notice for the driver and a wrecking service was called. 
I served summonses for no road licence and no PPV insurance on Mr. Williams to appear before the May Pen Traffic Court on Thursday November 23rd 2023. The summonses were read over to Mr. Williams and he was informed of the steps to take in acquiring a road licence.  He accepted and left. 
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November 7, 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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November 7, 2023