When you hear that a “state of emergency” has been enforced in a holiday destination, it’s hard not to imagine fearful tourists holed up in their hotel rooms, with violent chaos unfolding outside.
But as we’ve seen with Jamaica over the past three weeks, the term often conveys a level of danger that is at odds with what holidaymakers on the ground actually experience.
New heightened security measures were brought in unexpectedly in the parish of St James on January 18, but local people overwhelmingly welcomed the move, to make their communities safer. The police and military made 200 arrests within the first few days of the operation.
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