The Bermuda Police Review report (which can be read here), in many respects, delivers a damning assessment. However, its opening statement “The Bermuda Police Service (BPS) is a high-performing, forward-thinking,…
Just days after the sacking of a senior Officer for ‘poor conduct’(read more here) the island’s Assistant Commissioner (3rd highest rank) Martin Weekes, received ‘management advice’ as a result of…
13/12/204 – a Bermuda Police Service (BPS) superintendent has been fired for inappropriate conduct. The identity of the officer has yet to be disclosed but the lack of people holding…
2024 has seen what may be a record number of murders in Bermuda and, adding to the many unsolved killings, in November 2024, a conviction has been quashed due to…
05/2009 – A new DNA database was in the pipeline for Bermuda with the Police hoping it would crack cold cases and boost detection rates in new crimes. A three-year…
It is reported that, during a weapons check 15/09/2024, a BPS armed officer has accidentally discharged his weapon giving rise to an investigation (read more here). Apparently no one was…
It is reported in the press that, having been shot at 24/08/2024, ‘Police officers … fired back at the suspects as they fled the scene‘ (source). Apparently, this is the…
Darrin Simons, the chief of police, has apparently said ‘Officer numbers need to rise in order for the BPS to effectively respond to violent firearm crime’. It therefore appears, if…
A crime is typically deemed to be “solved” by the police when an arrest has been made and a suspect has been charged with the crime. This is often referred…
According to the Royal Gazette, 07/07/2024, four people were found dead in an apartment in South Terrace, Pembroke, Bermuda; two adults and two children were discovered unresponsive shortly after noon.…