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10 Caledonia Avenue, Cross Roads, Kingston 5, Jamaica. Coordinates. 17°59′39″N 76°47′13″W / . 17.9942°N 76.7869°W. / 17.9942; -76.7869. Website. www .jacisera .org. The Jamaica Civil Service Association is an association representing the civil servants of Jamaica .
Organization. CBP has a workforce of over 58,000 employees, including officers and agents, agriculture specialists, aircraft pilots, trade specialists, mission support staff, and canine enforcement officers and agents. More than 21,180 CBP officers inspect and examine passengers and cargo at 328 ports of entry. [4]
History of Jamaica. The Caribbean Island of Jamaica was initially inhabited in approximately 600 AD or 650 AD by the Redware people, often associated with redware pottery. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] By roughly 800 AD, a second wave of inhabitants occurred by the Arawak tribes, including the Tainos, prior to the arrival of Columbus in 1494. [ 1 ]
U.S. Customs Service at the Wayback Machine (archived March 2, 2000) The United States Customs Service was a federal law enforcement agency of the U.S. federal government. Established on July 31, 1789, it collected import tariffs, performed other selected border security duties, as well as conducted criminal investigations.
Per capita killings by the JCF are among the highest in the world. With a population of less than three million, police killed 140 people each year in the 1990s [23] —five times the death rate in 1990s South Africa. Current rates may be as many as 300 per year. [29] This makes Jamaica's police force "among the deadliest in the world". [30]
A preclearance booth at Shannon Airport in 2008.. United States border preclearance is the United States Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) practice of operating prescreening border control facilities at airports and other ports of departure located outside of the United States pursuant to agreements between the United States and host countries.
The United States is Jamaica's most important trading partner: bilateral trade in goods in 2005 was over $2 billion. Jamaica is a popular destination for American tourists; more than 1.2 million Americans visited in 2006. In addition, some 10,000 American citizens, including many dual-nationals born on the island, permanently reside in Jamaica.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The Office of Field Operations (OFO) is a federal law enforcement agency within the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) responsible for managing United States customs operations at 20 Field Operations offices, 328 ports of entry, and 16 pre-clearance stations in Canada, Ireland, the UAE, and the Caribbean.