One of the more impressive examples of institutional continuity currently on display in Bermuda may be found not in Hamilton, nor at Magistrates’ Court, but on the Bermuda Police Service website. There, Superintendent Jerome Laws continues to enjoy an entirely uninterrupted online biography. Visitors are warmly informed of his professionalism, leadership, dedication and distinguished policing…
Trinity DNA is once again in the news for all the wrong reasons. Jay Dill, was jailed for life in 2013, convicted of fatally shooting Randy Robinson. He is seeking a judicial review of a decision taken by Cindy Clarke, the Director of Public Prosecutions who apparently refused to disclose material relating to her review…
19/12/2025 — Senior Police Officer Arrested on Suspicion of Impaired Driving On 19 December 2025, a senior officer of the Bermuda Police Service was arrested on suspicion of impaired driving following a collision in Warwick involving a motor car and a motorcycle, in which the motorcycle rider sustained a serious injury. According to reporting, the…
Anwar Muhammad, who had been accused and convicted by a jury of shooting and injuring Shantoine Prinston Burrows in August 2010, has had his name cleared. He spent 10 years in jail after being convicted in 2012 of attempted murder and using a firearm. His conviction was quashed after the central item of forensic evidence…
01/05/2025 the island saw yet another shooting, described as ‘indiscriminate’ gun fire that claimed the lives of two people and left 3 others injured in a bar of 14 patrons. Seemingly, the police do not believe this was a ‘random event’. Reprisals appear to be anticipated – such is Bermuda’s history of gun violence. Once…
No Crime Figures for 2023 & 2024 – are the numbers being supressed intentionally? Is it coincidental that the island suffered one of its highest number of murders in 2024, the year a BBC program ‘Policing Paradise’ was being filmed? 2020 statistics were disclosed in July 2022 2021 statistics were released on November 5, 2024…
Did the Bermuda Police Service (BPS) have any say, any involvement, in the BBC’s production ‘Policing Paradise’? Last year the BPS and press reported: The BPS senior leadership team will review all footage before it can be included in the series, and all proposed episodes will be vetted by the BPS before release for broadcast….
In 2015, the Bermuda Police Service (BPS) had 420 employees – thought to be sufficient to allow the BPS to ‘meet the community’s minimal expectations in terms of our response to crime and visibility’. But over the years, the number of employees started shrinking like a melting ice cream cone in the sun. By 2024 (9…
The impartiality of ‘Policing Paradise’, a production to be aired by the BBC, was questioned following a Bermuda Police Service’s post which advises: ‘This TV programme is designed to show Bermuda, the BPS and the RBR Coastguard in a good light, while encouraging UK citizens to consider visiting the island. All footage will be thoroughly reviewed…
Bermuda’s legal framework apparently (currently) lacks provisions to continue disciplinary proceedings against police officers who resign or retire, effectively halting internal investigations once an officer leaves the ‘service’. While the law apparently hampers or prohibits ongoing inquiries post-departure, the language used – stating investigations are not “necessitated” – suggests room for discretion rather than a…