Opposition Senator Lambert Brown is calling for the Senate to set up a Select Committee on crime.

Brown made the call in a private members motion moved in the Upper House this morning.

He said the committee would hear suggestions from the public on crime-fighting strategies that can be pursued by the government.

The opposition senator also wants the Government to present a comprehensive crime plan to the country.

Brown argued that murders have overwhelmed the country leaving many Jamaicans to live in fear.

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The country has recorded more than 1,000 murders, representing a 25 per cent increase.