Open Justice & the Question of Disclosure
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…
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 internal investigations once an officer leaves the ‘service’. While the…
Open Another Packets of Police … or else!
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…
More ‘Unresolved’ Murders – The BPS & Lack of Evidence
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…
191019 Is the Police Complaints System in Bermuda Broken?
19/10/2019 – The Civil Justice Advocacy Group, a pressure group, has claimed the police complaints system is “broken” and accused senior officers of being unfit for duty in a letter…
The Paradise Papers & the Bermuda Police; Investigating or investigated?
‘The Paradise Papers reveal something of interest to every reader’*. The names associated with the Paradise Papers are available to download You can download a raw copy of the database…