With concerns about the number of police fatal shootings so far this year, Deputy Prime Minister and National Security Minister, Dr Horace Chang, has rejected claims that the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is operating a hit squad nationally.

"It's not a hit squad (that) we have here (in the JCF); that use to be... in the past, (and) you can write the history (about it)," declared Chang on Wednesday as he handed over 274 new vehicles to the constabulary at the Old Hope Road offices of the Commissioner of Police in St Andrew.

The latest police fatal shooting incident occurred on Wednesday when three members of the Ants Posse gang were killed during a gun battle with law enforcers in Grange Hill, Westmoreland.

According to Chang, the JCF is now more driven by intelligence, with a structure in place to identify individuals involved in criminal activities and build the respective case files around them.

"It's a structure that identifies individuals who are involved in criminal activities and build the (case) files around them," he stated.