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Two men with a fake rifle could have been shot by armed police, senior officers warned today.
Detective Superintendent Nicholas Pedro said a tragedy was only avoided because of the high training standards and professionalism of firearms officers.
Mr...
DATE: Jan 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An officer who qualified less than a year ago has won the community policing division’s staff member of the year award for 2020.
Superindent Na’imah Astwood, the officer in charge of community policing, said Shandora Burrows, who completed the recru...
DATE: Jan 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A replica rifle was seized today and two men arrested, police have revealed.
Commissioner of Police Stephen Corbishley warned the two risked being shot.
He added: “Not only did these individuals behave recklessly and irresponsibly causing members of ...
DATE: Jan 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of impaired driving and drug possession after being involved in two traffic collisions on Tuesday afternoon.
In the first collision, the suspect allegedly drove a motorcycle into the back of a car on Mullet ...
DATE: Jan 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Anyone caught with child pornography could face up to ten years in jail, police warned today.
A spokesman said: “Should you receive such images, do not share them.”
He added that people should instead contact police or the service’s vulnerable person...
DATE: Jan 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Scam artists are circulating e-mails asking recipients to provide personal information in order to claim cash prizes.
The Bermuda Police Service is urging residents to avoid responding to the hoax correspondence, warning that “if it’s too good to be...
DATE: Jan 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The 911 emergency telephone number is now working again.
Police said earlier today that it was temporarily out of service, but it has been prepared.
DATE: Jan 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police were today hunting a flasher who exposed himself to a female runner.
A police spokesman said the man, who was wearing a fluorescent jacket, exposed himself to the woman near Cavendish Road, Pembroke as she ran past just after 6am today.
The s...
DATE: Jan 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man and a woman were tonight in police custody after a suspected burglary.
Police said one of the suspects – who was armed with a knife – was confronted by an occupant of the property on Train Track Lane, Paget just before 10.45am.
No one was injur...
DATE: Jan 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Police have launched an investigation into a party held in breach of Covid-19 regulations last night.
A spokesman said: “The Bermuda Police Service has received reports of a social event attended by a significant number of individuals and which is sa...
DATE: Jan 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes