There has been questions pertaining to the integrity the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) for decades.  There has been a call for action to restore and rebuild the relationship between the police and the average citizen for years, now we have hit a wall; but not the wall; where do we go from here?

“Rolle: RBPF will recover “– The Nassau Guardian

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“Former Commissioner of Police Paul Rolle said last night that when he heard the allegations in a US indictment that members of the Royal Bahamas Police Force were involved in drug trafficking, his heart broke, but he expressed confidence that the RBPF will be able to rebuild its reputation and salvage its relationship with the Bahamian people.

Rolle, who is the Bahamas ambassador to the International Maritime Organization, said he was also “hurt and disappointed” with comments made by Commissioner of Police Clayton Fernander.

On Sunday, during a national address, Fernander said that in an effort to gain a comprehensive understanding of how these activities began and then remained undetected, “I have already initiated consultations with key individuals who held leadership roles during that period”.

“I have already spoken with former Commissioner of Police Paul Rolle, who served from March 2020 to July 2022,” Fernander said.

The commissioner said he also intends to speak with former Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson, former Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis and former Minister of National Security Marvin Dames.”

Indeed, the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) will recover but will it regain the trust of The Bahamian people that has been seeing a constant a steady erosion for decades?  Even after all of the “Neighborhood policing” initiatives, the trust in the police force continued to falter and it would seem that everyone saw it as being “okay”.

He people of The Bahamas need more than “lip service” from its elected officials.

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