Commissioner of Police Michael A. DeSilva
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Welcome to The Bermuda Police Service's Official Website.
We now hope our website provides an additional opportunity for the Service to maintain contact with the community we serve and to promote a better understanding of the work we do.
Policing in the year 2010 and beyond is focused on contributing towards the creation of more orderly neighbourhoods; creating less potential for criminality; having an impact on serious crimes and the drugs menace; working towards a sustained reduction in crime levels; managing the wide array of complex and often competing demands; understanding the diverse needs of our community and working in partnership at every available opportunity.
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Commissioner Michael DeSilva
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In order to achieve this, Commissioner DeSilva has introduced the Bermuda Police Service Policing Plan for 2010. In his foreword the Commissioner states in part - "The need for police to focus their efforts on front-line operations has never been greater than in recent times. Our community continues to grapple with an escalation in the use of guns and associated gang violence. The impact of these crimes is being felt across all segments of society. The friendly and tranquil Bermuda that we are internationally known for is being threatened by recurring and alarming news of violence.
In the autumn of 2009, the BPS shifted a number of staff to ensure that we have as many officers as possible working directly on community policing and investigating crime. We now have 85% of our staff working in the three police stations, criminal investigations, serious crime unit, Police Support Unit, gang team, drug unit, fraud, traffic and marine. 10% of our staff supports these efforts in our Intelligence Division, and 5% work in administration and training.
Each police station has a dedicated Community Action Team (CAT) that works hand in hand with members of the public to bring about real changes to neighbourhoods, solve community problems and improve our quality of life. We also have armed police officers – a new paradigm for Bermuda – on patrol 24 hours a day."
Full details of the Plan can be found by viewing the Policing Plan for 2010. If you do not have Adobe Reader, you can download it here [Adobe Reader].
Policing must instill confidence in the community we serve. We believe that our work can only be successful if the public trusts us for our accessibility, our ability to report on our performance and our integrity.
In the future, we hope to develop the interactive capability of this site to provide more services and information which will increase access to the community we serve.
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