Double Murder ‘These things don’t happen randomly’
01/05/2025 the island saw yet another shooting, described as ‘indiscriminate’ gun fire that claimed the lives of two people and…
Wanted – Staff to Police ‘Paradise’
No Crime Figures for 2023 & 2024 – are the numbers being supressed intentionally? Is it coincidental that the island…
Policing Paradise – ‘Reviewed’, not ‘Vetted’ by the BPS – the difference being?
Did the Bermuda Police Service (BPS) have any say, any involvement, in the BBC’s production ‘Policing Paradise’? Last year the…
Firing Faster than Hiring?
In 2015, the Bermuda Police Service (BPS) had 420 employees – thought to be sufficient to allow the BPS to…
Bermuda Police ‘Factually Incorrect’
The impartiality of ‘Policing Paradise’, a production to be aired by the BBC, was questioned following a Bermuda Police Service’s…
Opinion: Gaps in Bermuda’s Police Disciplinary System Raise Accountability Concerns
Bermuda’s legal framework apparently (currently) lacks provisions to continue disciplinary proceedings against police officers who resign or retire, effectively halting…
Damned if you do, damned if you do not?
What would you do if, working in a culture of fear and distrust, your boss asked for information it appears…
An Empty Phrase That Solves Nothing
Darrin Simons, the Commissioner of a Police service ‘in crisis‘, recently speaking about Bermuda’s appalling crime statistics, is reported (by…
Crime Statistics … for 2022: assaults up almost 20%
Where are the crime figures for 2023 and 2024? Can they really be that difficult to produce? As for 2022,…
Bermuda Police – Toxic, Racist & a Culture of Fear – ‘A Service in Crisis’
The Bermuda Police Review report (which can be read here), in many respects, delivers a damning assessment. However, its opening…