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 Tuesday the 27th 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 K. Lovelace who were travelling in the unmarked vehicle, the team was on the lookout for a Toyota Picnic with registration number 8615KC that was seen setting down passengers, collecting fares, and soliciting passengers for the May Pen to Summerfield/Frankfield route. About 4:15pm I observed the same motor vehicle described, a Toyota Picnic with registration number 8615KC. The team began roving in the Turners Community and surrounding communities beginning in the Rock River square. Upon entering the New Longville Community approaching the intersection of Woods the same motor vehicle was observed, the driver came to a stop and set down a female passengers and collected monies to include $100 notes that were later confirmed to be fares for their journey. 
The attempted to intercept the vehicle at this time which proved unsuccessful as the driver eluded us. The vehicle was intercepted at the Suttons cemetery in Turners and the police officers on board exited and approached the vehicle along with myself and other inspectors. The driver was cautioned and his vehicle documents were requested to include: Motor Vehicle Registration Certificate, Fitness Certificate, Insurance Certificate, and Drivers Licence. Which he did not produce.
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September 19, 2023
Antoinette Thompson
T.A. Route Inspector
I relayed my observations to the driver, who admitted to illegally carrying passengers for hire, he however stated that the reason he did not apply was due to him not being sure the vehicle can be put in the system due to its age. I advised the same driver that this does not make it okay for him to operate as a robot. Nine adult passengers and two children were present in the motor car. Of the passengers present in the motor car one passenger on the front seat was identified to be the driver’s wife and in the back an adult female passenger was identified to be the driver’s step-daughter. The remaining passengers confirmed they had handed monies over to the driver for separate fares for their journey from May Pen to Summerfield $300 JMD each. 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 it was his intention to apply. The driver upon realising that the vehicle will be seized ran into nearby bushes. A wrecking service was called. Information was given to him to include that he would be served summonses for the above mentioned offences and that he should visit the Swansea satellite office and pound between the hours of 8:30am and 3:00pm at his earliest convenience. The vehicle was taken to the Transport Authority Swansea Satellite office and Pound. 
 On Wednesday the 28th of June 2023 at about 9:30 am Mr. Lanzo McLaughlin 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 Mr. McLaughlin by me to appear before the May Pen Traffic Court on Wednesday October 25, 2023. 
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September 19, 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 19, 2023