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Media Relations Dept.
Police Headquarters
P.O. Box HM 530
Tel: (441) 299-4249/4291/4321
Fax: (441) 299-4322
E-mail: Police Media Relations


 
Date:Friday, June 07,2019
Distribution: All Media

Arrest of a Serving Police Officer & Member of Public

The Bermuda Police Service (BPS) can confirm the arrest of a 27-year-old female Police Officer & a 43-year-old male from Smith’s Parish. The officer who serves in our Hamilton Patrol Department, was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to defeat justice. The male was arrested for the same offence.

Detectives from our Specialist Investigations Department are investigating the matter, and no comment will be made while the investigation is ongoing.

The Bermuda Police Service is committed to upholding and enforcing the highest of professional & ethical standards. We hold our officers to account through our Code of Ethics, and when it is believed that conduct falls into the criminal realm we will take positive action to uphold the law.

Commissioner Corbishley stated: ‘I am confident that the BPS is a professional public service with integrity. However, it is essential that each and every day we protect the public’s trust in our services and when serious wrong doing is suspected it will be investigated robustly to identify the facts of the matter’.


All incidents are under investigation. Police are appealing to members of the public who have witnessed these incidents or may have information pertaining to them to contact their respective Police Station, Police Headquarters at 295-0011 or the confidential Crimestoppers Hotline on 1 (800) 623-8477.

Public & Media Relations Department