A Bermuda police sergeant who took legal action after he was passed over for promotion three years ago, has failed to have his appeal upheld. Seemingly he believed that failing to reach the the 60 per cent pass grade in the examination should not prevent his…
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With police numbers falling, the once reported 468 on the island needs replenishing. It is not simply because of retirements and resignations, the island has a high rates of ‘loss’ due to: long-term sickness (12) suspension (10) That is about 5% of the workforce incapacitated. Moral…
The island’s top police officer is apparently telling two of his subordinates to pay him or he will sue them. The Royal Gazette has published the account (read more here) . Seemingly, Pc Robert Butterfield is one of the officers sent a letter. The Commissioner of…
22/02/2021: Khamisi Tokunbo was arrested after a car crash in Bermuda 19/01/2019 and charged with failure to provide a breath test. He denied the offence. The case against him was dismissed in October that year after the police officer who arrested him was found to be…
Oswin Pereira, now a former officer of the Bermuda Police Service was living a charmed life. Accused of striking a teenage suspect with a baton and turning off his body camera he clung onto his job, until recently. 2019, found not guilty in Magistrates’ Court…
Theft of cars across the island,: The following advice conveys the reality of stealing a vehicle and addresses the mundane, ancient and irrelevant information cited here. Locking your doors and closing windows is common sense and will help prevent theft FROM a vehicle but will…
20/01/2021 Ewart Brown, the former Premier of Bermuda, was charged with 13 counts of corruption. five related to agreements with the Lahey Clinic, through which he allegedly received $4.01 million in monthly payments between 2001 and 2010. eight charges related to allegations of corruptly obtaining…
Road Traffic Accidents (RTA’s) are on the decline in most civilized countries. European figures can be found here where the numbers are expressed for selected European countries from 2018 to 2019 (in deaths per million population) – the UK (now not a part of Europe) has constant…
Once asked why the police patrol in pairs, an answers supplied was; you need someone who can read and another able to write. Of a night, you may see them in 3’s; it gets dark. And so we were asked ‘who writes to Commissioner’s messages’…