NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander says there’s a want for a re-evaluation of the methods to take care of crime within the Bahamas because the nation information greater than 100 murders this yr.
Fernander, who had earlier this yr stated that his purpose was to maintain murders under 100, advised reporters that the place there have been fewer murders this yr than final yr, “you set your objectives and also you attempt to obtain it,
“We now want to return to the desk and see the place we may strategize and do some issues in a different way,” he stated, because the nation up to now recorded 107 murders this yr.
“We completed with 128 final yr, so we’re nonetheless down. One homicide is an excessive amount of, and that also issues me, and we are going to proceed to do our due diligence to serve the Bahamian folks,” Fernander advised reporters, describing the final weekend as “tough,” with police responding to quite a few crime scenes, together with 5 murders.
He stated police noticed no connection among the many homicide incidents, urging mother and father additionally to maintain tabs on their youngsters.
“And a number of the mother and father who’ve seen the video know that that’s their youngster and may contact the police. And we is not going to let these youngsters disrupt household orientation occasions just like the Carnival and Junkanoo,” he stated, referring to a web based video exhibiting a gaggle of boys preventing at Carnival.
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