More evidence that the county’s relationship with alcohol (and other drugs) is seen as a potential remedy for ‘rock fever’; the stir-crazy sensation of living on a total land area of 50 Km2 (19 sq. miles). Nine people were arrested Friday night (05/10/2018) due to the…
The Bermuda Police, unable to find a suitably qualified Commissioner from within its own ranks, has turned to the UK and appointed an acting Area Commander from a constabulary whose effectiveness at recording reported crime was graded ‘inadequate’ by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and…
05/0218 – The UK’s Evening Standard reports upon profits from opioid painkillers manufactured in Cambridge having its ‘nerve center’ in Bermuda at Mundipharma House. Par La Ville Place, Hamilton – said to be the nerve centre of the Sacklers’ tax avoidance strategy for the past 25…
Whilst the Bermuda Road Safety Council attend the launch of car dealer’s Auto Solutions’ pledge wall, which customers are invited to sign to promise that they will drive responsibly, the police demonstrate their own approach to highlighting the problems of driving on Bermuda’s road by…
‘The Paradise Papers reveal something of interest to every reader’*. The names associated with the Paradise Papers are available to download You can download a raw copy of the database – click here.** A cursory examination revealed the following names: Michael DeSilva – database node id:…
Rather than acquire experienced staff trained in professional constabularies overseas, Bermuda elects to use home-grown recruits for basic tasks: Constable 2521 Jermari Belboda Constable 2522 Daischon Chin Constable 2523 Jah-Zico Douglas Constable 2524 George Edmead Constable 2525 Jonathan Flood Constable 2526 Kori Jackman Constable 2527…
EU Urged To Name European States In Tax Haven ‘Blacklist’ – the list is expected to be published today, December 5. Bermuda is one of the Thirty-five countries that should be named and shamed on the European Union’s upcoming list of countries that facilitate tax…
A former teacher accused of sexually assaulting a Bermuda student is fighting his extradition back to Bermuda from the United States citing a “negligent, even indifferent delay” on the part of Bermuda authorities. 10 years ago, the accused was teaching at a Bermuda high school…
Does Bermuda have one of the highest road-death by head of population in the world and of these, just how many result from the involvement of the police – see ‘collisions‘. Possibly the constabulary needs to consider their purpose … in 1829 the first commissioner…
The “unintended consequences” of cliché need to be understood by the Bermuda Police ‘Service’; treating the public like children and failing to grasp the impact of our modern environment is only likely to reinforce a perception the constabulary remains without modern thinking or understanding. An…