The Governor and Premier this afternoon issued a joint statement on crime — revealing that US experts will be coming to Bermuda to help Police in anti-drug, gang and anti-gun crime.

The statement from Sir Richard Gozney and Ewart Brown comes in the wake of the brutal murder of 30-year-old Kumi Harford who was shot multiple times on Saturday in Pembroke.

It said: “We are both anxious to do all that we can to help and to encourage the Bermuda Police Service to combat the shocking rise in gun crime. In fact, we discuss policing in Bermuda together, frequently and intensively.

“New legislation that will help has either been passed already or will soon be tabled. The Police budget has been supported strongly.

“Some U.S. Police officers experienced in anti-drug gang and anti-gun crime will be coming to Bermuda to help the Police and to lend the Bermuda Police Service the benefit of their experience and expertise.”

* See the full story in tomorrow’s Royal Gazette