Whilst the Bermuda police again struggles with the realty of modern life (and humour) continuing to adopt an oppressive approach to their own, a Court has seen sense; a policewoman who posted an online cartoon before last year’s Black Lives Matter march will not face a criminal prosecution, the Chief Justice ruled yesterday. Bermuda’s Barbi Bishop…
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 promotion. It appears odd that an inability to answer 3…
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 may also have been affected by the current Commissioners threats against…
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 biased. It was claimed Colin Mill, the arresting officer, did…
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 of unlawfully wounding Mr Grant 2020, The Public Service Commission…
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 $350,500 in donations to benefit the Progressive Labour Party and…
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’ such as his Christmas one (read the last here) –…
Bermuda’s lip-service approach to the Freedom of Information Act already restricts requests to residents. Whilst most countries providing such legislation extend access to the worldwide population, Bermuda restricts access – possibly because they do not wish competent, safely-distanced individuals to ask probing questions, seek contentious information? Instead, a party making an approach is required to…