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 22nd day of July 2022 I reported for duty at 6:00 am, I was briefed accordingly by my supervisor and dispatched on a roving operation that was scheduled to take place on the said day. I was accompanied by fellow inspectors including inspector K. Morgan, we were comprised of two teams each in an unmarked service units. We were accompanied by members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force attached to the Transport Authority.  All members of the Transport Authority and Jamaica Constabulary Force were properly attired in our 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 intelligence gathered by team members on several surveillance operations undertaken prior, to ensure compliance as stipulated under the Transport Authority and Road Traffic Acts and Regulations. 
 About 8:28 am whilst roving along Coke Drive in Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth, I observed a White Nissan AD Waggon registration number 0167KA. The vehicle was exiting from the Leeds community direction and heading towards the Santa Cruz town centre direction. I heard the driver tooting his horn and saw him pointing in the Santa Cruz town centre direction to persons along the road way. This aroused my suspicion and I called it to the attention of my team members and supervisor. My supervisor then gave the driver of the service unit certain instructions and we began observing the vehicle closely at a safe distance. 
I observed when the vehicle pulled over on the left of the roadway and picked up a female in a nurses uniform. The driver then proceeded towards the Santa Cruz Preparatory School entrance where he set down two passengers a lady and a little boy. I observed as the female, after exiting the motor car, handed over monies to the driver inclusive of a one hundred dollars note. I was sitting at the front passenger seat of the service unit, I could see clearly and there was nothing obstructing my view. At this instance the service unit passed the same vehicle. I observed as the driver after collecting said fares then drove off, the same vehicle then overtook the service unit and headed onto to Ashwood Drive. The vehicle came to a complete stop and the driver exited the vehicle in front of the Santa Cruz Health Centre, and a female nurse also exited the vehicle. 
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July 27, 2022
Antoinette Thompson
T.A. Route Inspector
The service unit pulled over alongside the said vehicle and I was close enough to see the nurse handing over money inclusive of a hundred JMD dollars note to the driver. This I could see clearly as nothing was obstructing my view. Myself, fellow inspectors and members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force assigned to the team exited the service unit at the same time and approached the vehicle. Upon approaching the vehicle, another female nurse was identified on-board the said vehicle. I greeted and introduced myself to the driver and passengers as Route Inspector A. Thompson assigned to the Transport Authority Swansea Satellite Office. I then cautioned the driver and then informed him of my observations to wit the driver did not refute. Both nurses were questioned in the sight and hearing of the driver. The one that was observed handing over the money gave her name as Nurse Osbourne and she confirmed that the money that I observed being handed over was for her fare of $150 for her journey from the Leeds community. The other nurse stated she was picked up along the roadway and had already paid the driver her fare of $150 for her journey. She was confirmed to be the same person that I had observed entering the vehicle earlier.
One of the police officers assigned to the team, introduced himself to the driver, then requested the vehicle documents to include his driver’s licence, then gave the driver certain instructions to which he initially refused. He eventually exited the vehicle after several attempts and directives by the police. The driver was cautioned by the police and his vehicle documents were requested. We were not able to get neither the driver nor the owner’s documentation, however he gave his name to be Collie Smith of Braes River, St. Elizabeth. He was advised that he would have to visit the Mandeville Regional Office on or After Monday the 25th day of July 2022 with his driver’s licence and vehicle documents. 
I cautioned the driver and informed him 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. He stated that he was indeed operating as a PPV and he could not apply as the vehicle did not belong to him. However, he refused to give any other information. A wrecking service was called. The vehicle was taken to the Transport Authority Kingsland Pound. 
 On Monday the 25th of July 2022 at about 12 noon Mr. Collie Smith visited the Mandeville Regional office. Summonses for Operating without a Road Licence and No PPV insurance were prepared, signed and sealed my Justice of the Peace MR. F. Williams and served on Mr. Smith by inspector Shelly-Ann Brown Williams to appear before the Black River Traffic Court on Thursday September 22, 2022. 
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July 27, 2022
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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July 27, 2022