December 1: Mike Jackman, Assistant Police Commissioner, is appointed Deputy Commissioner after 27 years of service in the force.

Attorney General Kim Wilson appeals for more parental responsibility after witnessing the "gyrating and simulation of sexual advances" by a group of young dancerettes. Senator Wilson said she took her children home from the Santa Parade due to the "inappropriateness" of the performance.

December 2: Organisers of the Santa Parade, MarketPlace Ltd. say they will ban the dancing troupe responsible for turning crowds of families away, due to the sexual dancing of a group of children.

The Cabinet Office reveals there have been 437 responses from the public giving feedback on Government's draft public access to information bill.

Former Premier Alex Scott says The Royal Gazette's A Right To Know: Giving People Power campaign for PATI has done much to raise public consciousness on the issue.

Kenneth Bascome defeats E. Michael Jones to be elected as the new Mayor of St. George's. In the final tally, Mr. Bascome obtains 180 votes to Mr. Jones' 115.

December 4: Premier Ewart Brown announces that Bermuda's forthcoming freedom of information law will be retroactive. The draft PATI (Public Access to Information) bill is to be rewritten to cover all Government-held records. The proposed legislation unveiled on October 15 was originally only to cover information held after the date the law came into effect.

December 6: Kumi Harford, a 30-year-old father of one, is shot dead in St. Monica's Road, Pembroke. Police suspect the shooting is gang-related. Mr. Harford is the 14th person shot in Bermuda this year and the second person to die.

December 7: Four men who grew up near St. Monica's Road form a grass-roots movement to unite the community to bring an end to gang violence. Brothers Wayne, Dwayne and Travis Caines and Dr. Lou Matthews challenge community leaders to meet with gang members to try and broker a ceasefire within the next 30 days. The group is named 'We Will Rise Above, Bermuda'.

December 9: CCTV coverage of the City of Hamilton is to be tripled to more than 100 cameras. The Corporation of Hamilton announces $550,000 in funding to install an additional 86 cameras to the existing 36 surveillance devices on the streets.

December 11: Up to 100 people attend a peace rally at the House of Assembly. Organiser Antonio Belvedere arranges for six young men to carry a coffin, representing all those who have died, and who will die, because of gun violence.

December 12: Thousands ring Hamilton Harbour to see the Christmas Boat Parade. The 73 illuminated boats delight spectators with themes including a giant glowing Michael Jackson, tall ships and Bermuda's 400th Anniversary Year.

December 16: The Bermuda Maritime Museum is to become the National Museum of Bermuda with a land transfer by Government of the Casemates Barracks, its adjacent buildings and fortifications.

The exhibits will range from local crafts to sport, immigration to onions, and Bermuda shorts to the Bermuda Triangle.

Teenager Darronte Dill is convicted of killing homeless friends Maxwell Brangman and Frederick Gilbert in St. David's on September 21, 2008.

A jury finds the 19-year-old guilty by unanimous verdict. Dill stabbed Mr. Gilbert, 53, multiple times and then joined an accomplice in attacking Mr. Brangman, 57. He faces a life sentence.

December 15/16: One man is shot dead and another injured as more gunfire rocks the Island. Gary 'Fingas' Cann, 22, is shot dead at 10.30 p.m. in Soundview Road, Sandys.

Just hours later, at 1.35 a.m., another man is hit outside Warwick Lanes bowling alley. A third shooting then takes place at 10.30 a.m. outside the C&R Discount store in Court Street the same store targeted by a gunman in May.

New Police Commissioner Michael DeSilva is sworn in.

December 17: Shane Minors is shot dead in South Terrace, off Friswells Hill, at 1.15 a.m. The death of the 30-year-old the brother of Southside Cinema shooting victim Shakai, is Bermuda's third murder in 12 days. He is the 17th person to be shot since May 22.

December 18: Police announce they have made several arrests connected with the recent spate of gun violence. This includes two suspects for the shooting of Shaki Minors and Renee Kuchler on November 13, two suspects for the murder of Kumi Harford on December 5, and one suspect for the murder of Gary 'Fingas' Cann on December 15.

December 19: A tornado rips through Hamilton, toppling trees, motorcycles and telephone poles. The twister tears through Reid Street and parts of Pembroke and Devonshire.

December 21: Two people appear in court on gun charges. Anthony Swan, 21, is charged with firearms offences in relation to the Court Street shootings on December 16.

Tiffany Eatherley, a 24-year-old mother of two is charged with possession of a firearm.

Premier Ewart Brown announces plans for a network of safe houses for people wanting to move away from gang violence. Government is to partner with the anti-gang initiative CARTEL (Challenging and Reclaiming the True Essence of Life) in helping gangbangers to seek refuge.

December 22: A four-year-old Bermudian girl is among the survivors of a plane crash in Jamaica. The American Airlines jet overshoots a runway at Norman Manley International Airport, Kingston, resulting in a cracked fuselage and severed right engine.

All 148 passengers survive but 44 are injured. Among them are Kayla McCarthy and her Jamaican father Hopeton.