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A “cutting edge” wireless video surveillance network, capable of recognising faces and tracking cars by their licence plates, has been installed on a trial basis for the Bermuda Police Service. Two US companies, Quantenna Communications and Smartrove...

The Police Service's oldest retired officer, Detective Inspector Milton Marsh, died this week at the age of 102. Born in St Kitts, Mr Marsh came to Bermuda with his wife Gwendolyn in 1930 at the age of 21. He started work at the Bermuda Police Servic...

Governor Sir Richard Gozney is expecting a UK report on how Bermuda’s Police Service is tackling gun crime and gang violence within weeks. He plans to make the recommendations of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary [HMIC] public. An inspector ...

Police insist they are committed to a 24-hour presence in St George, however manpower shortages continue to limit the station’s operating hours. Chief Inspector Hashim Estwick told peolpe at a recent town hall meeting that St George’s police station ...

Stop and search December 2, 2011 Dear Sir, The main issue around the Stop and Search legislation is that Section 315F of the Criminal Code (introduced in 2005) contains a clause that enables police to Stop & Search with no probably cause. This wordin...

The Police Service’s Stop and Search policy has come under scrutiny recently. Some might say this was overdue, but the fact it has gained little public attention until now is due to the fact that it has only been in widespread use comparatively rece...

Every young black male in Bermuda is subject to being picked up by police multiple times due to the use of police stop and search laws, according to statistician Cordell Riley. “Theoretically, every black male between the ages of 18 to 36 could be st...

Police stop and search laws designed to prevent outbreaks of violence may not address the underlying social issues but are appropriate, constitutional and effective, National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief argued this week. “To meet the challenge...