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2009:
The restoration of public faith in the police to be achieved by replacing
the current Commissioner of police, George Jackson. It is hoped a new
Commissioner will help steer the service back toward an older style of
community policing.
George
Jackson will not be asked to continue past this year.
Addressing
"challenges" within the Bermuda Police Service (BPS) has been his main focus
in the Governor's first year at Government House.
The service
has been criticized over recent years for a string of missed murder
convictions and for failing to control growing knife and gun crime. It has
also suffered a severe staffing shortage.
Anecdotal evidence suggests drug use is hampering recruitment into
the police, although a police spokesman said the force's recruitment
difficulties cannot be ascribed to one particular problem. |
