Police Launch Investigation Into Allegation
The police have launched an investigation into an allegation made in Magistrates Court yesterday [Oct 3] regarding a police employee.
A police spokesperson said: “The Bermuda Police Service is aware of a specific allegation made by a member of the public during Magistrates’ Court proceedings on Wednesday, October 3rd regarding a police employee. As a result, an investigation into the allegation is underway.”
Although the police did not specifically state what the allegation was, there was an allegation made in Court on the day they refer to, with a defendant saying he thought his speeding tickets were “pulled” and someone had “fixed” it for him.
In Court yesterday Tony Taylor, 46, pleaded guilty to a single charge of speeding at 62 kph in September 2011 and was fined $250 for that offence. Magistrate Warner referred to seven outstanding traffic charges that went back as far as 1998, and none of which had resulted in Court appearances.
Asked to explain, Mr Taylor said that he thought: “…those tickets were pulled. You go to one of your friends and they take care of it for you. I went to someone and they said they’d fix it for me.”
The Senior Magistrate retorted: “The Police have 7,000 warrants outstanding. When old warrants come up I have discretion. I can dismiss them. This one is completely different. He is making some serious allegations and the matter is before me.”
The Magistrate went on: “Police have a wide discretion. The DPP has a wide discretion. I will not interfere. When warrants are sworn before me and people appear before me, I will carry out my duty.”
The Magistrate then put the seven old charges to Mr Taylor who pleaded not guilty to them. The charges were speeding in 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006, as well as having no drivers licence on two occasions.
Going back to the September 2011 speeding charge, Mr Taylor said that he needed to be able to drive the light truck that he used to run his business and requested that he, at least, be permitted to continue to drive that vehicle. The Senior Magistrate used his discretion and disqualified Mr Taylor from driving all vehicles except his light truck.
Mr Taylor was bailed for $1,000 plus a surety to re-appear in Court on 7th November.
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Well apparently noone did pull the tickes – so I’d guess his allegation is full of hot air.
Ho boy! He just dropped somebody in the soup! I wouldn’t bet that his allegation is just hot air, but rather that he was promised something by someone who, deliberately or not, didn’t follow through. This allegation is not a new one.
Happened a few years ago.
Nothing new.
And then the guy who cleans the offices at night will be up on charges for it.
funny stuff this… 7 outstanding traffic warrants… and he can drive is light truck… if his business meant sooo much to him he shouldn’t be allegedly breaking the law… food for thought…
Trust No One…………………….
Yep, same Bermuda story. There is so little enforcement that there is no respect for the law.
About time some of these crooked cops got their @$$’ handed to them. This craps been goin on for too long. All about who u know. Not no more bie!!! Hahahahaha
Init. But the sad thing is, if an officer is found to have done this, and is disciplined, you can probably bet granny’s new bloomers that the senior officer disciplining him/her has probably just done the same “favour” for one of his/her mates…….
Is it a surprise there are crooked cops…I think not..Bermuda has proportion of everything and the cops think the rules don’t apply to them, just look around the city and see the police cars in loading zones, on double yellow lines, handicap spaces , all while on “Official get lunch duty” and don’t look at the crimes that dont make court…third world cops doing third world duty…of course there’s corruption it starts from the top! That’s what they see..that’s what they do
This guy is an idiot!!!! I was summons to court once for a traffic offence that an officer said ‘they’ would ‘pull’ for me. But you don’t go infront of the magistrate and rat out the officer! If the officer did it, it would come as a favour not a duty! He should have just shut his trap and pay ‘d’ d*m fines!
And that why Police personnel dont help people because they then take it for a habbit and when you do it ones that person always have something over you. this guy must be the biggest idiot in BM.
This pulling tickets have been going on for ages,like the time one of my co-workers daughter got a ticket clocked at 99 k’s in a car and I got one for 56 k’s on my bike. I went court duly paid my hardddddddd earned 200 plus dollars. I did not see her daughter in court as our names begin with the same letter and i asked my co-worker what happened she just oh it got pulled. This is something that should be outlawed it is called CORRUPTION.
‘I thought the police was supposed to pull’ is the oldest escuse in the book. Sheesh i would the same thing to get out of paying more money. Besides ‘ pulling a ticket’ is not corruption its a caution which many people get from time to time there is no offence in that.
I was wondering why my name wasn’t called… Cop pulled the wrong tickets buddy
LMAO