Policing in Bermuda – like a crime comedy drama?
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…
‘Problem at the Heart of the Criminal Justice System in Bermuda’
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…
Another murder? I remember …
As the Bermuda Police Service issues yet another call for assistance in solving a growing list of unsolved homicides, the community faces the devastating news of a further fatal stabbing.…
Bermuda Firearm Licences
An email, initially dated, 07 September 2024 to the BPS, currently without a response, copied 02/10/2024. It follows the BPS disclosure of the 2018 list of the island’s 42 licence…
Another Bermuda Police First?
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…
More Shots Fired!
Thursday September 12th, a man was hospitalised after being shot in Warwick. Read more here. The extnt of his injuries have yet to be disclosed Anyone with information about the…
Suspended Over 2 years on Full Pay …
Pc Darren Marcano, a Bermuda Police officer for 17 years, was arrested on July 28, 2022 for an alleged criminal offence. He was was suspended, with pay, for alleged gross…
A Bermuda Police First – Officers Fire Upon Suspects
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…
Operation Tastefully Named?
Whilst murderers reman at large, the police have arrested 3 men in connection with shots fired at them 24/08/2024. Read more here. Possibly surprisingly, it is reported that the police…
Shooting at Police Officers
Astoundingly, the islands criminals, more generally associated with shooting one another, are prepared to fire upon uniformed officers! Taking their shots from a moving motorcycle the two men made their…