NCJ Number
134087
Date Published
1991
Length
9 pages
Annotation
This report explains the ways in which Jamaican organized crime involved in drug law offenses are using electrified doors and windows and other hazardous devises as booby traps to injure or kill law enforcement personnel conducting investigations.
Abstract
Steel doors and window frames are electrified through the use of household electric cords from which insulation has been stripped. "Pungi boards' are another devise consisting of plywood boards with nails protruding upward. These devices are placed on the floor inside the entrance. A trip wire may be placed in front of the pungi board. To avoid being injured by these devices, police investigators must be alert, observant, and cautious to find the booby trap before it finds them. They must also avoid tampering with these devices unless they are certain that they are using the correct procedures. Photographs