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Bahamas Commissioner of Police Provides "Year in Review" to the Press
By Bahamas Information Services (BIS)
Jan 23, 2015 - 2:05:16 PM

(BIS Photo/Patrick Hanna)

NASSAU, The Bahamas – Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade, centre, gave his annual Year in Review to the press this morning at Police Headquarters.  Commissioner Greenslade, accompanied at the press conference by senior officers, was pleased to report that “overall serious crimes against persons and property decreased by 18% in 2014.” 

“Last year it was my objective and hope that we could have brought down the number of murders…we failed and so I don’t take any comfort in the fact that other crimes are down. I think we need to get all crimes down and get as close to eliminating as much murders as we can.” This was the response of National Security Minister Hon. Bernard J. Nottage to the results of the 2014 crime statistics delivered by the Commissioner of Police at a press conference held earlier this week at police headquarters.

The overall results on crime revealed an 18% decline in serious crimes nationally, a 24% decline in Grand Bahama and a 16% decline in the Family Islands. Murder however was up by 3% from 119 in 2013 to 123 in 2014.

The Minister commended the police for being “able to bring down the numbers of crime across the board” last year, but warned that the police must not “rest on their laurels” as there is much more work to be done.

“The police force can take some credit for the work they are doing, but as far as I’m concerned, there’s a lot more work to be done.”

 The serious crimes that declined last year were manslaughter (-25%), rape (-29%), attempted rape (-45%), unlawful sexual intercourse (-33%), armed robbery (-10%), and robbery (-4%).            

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