Court Street: Police Maintaining Large Presence
Following the death of Troy “Yankee” Rawlins early Monday morning, the Police have been maintaining quite a strong presence in the Court Street area. As of 12pm today [Aug 11], there were four Police vehicles on Court Street and approximately a dozen officers. Last night the scene was the same, with groups of 3/4 officers standing on the corners, and at least four Police vehicles parked in the area.
Speaking with many people familiar with the area, they have stated that the Police presence in many ways appears to be “too late”, however many said they do appreciate the Police presence and think it is needed at this time due to heightened tensions following the murder of Yankee Rawlins, who was perhaps the most well known figure on the Court Street scene.
Update 7:15pm: There are still four Police vehicles on Court Street, and at least ten officers visible.
Update Aug 12: Police still maintaining the presence, as of 3:30pm today at least two vehicles and four officers can be seen on Court Street. There is also a visible Police presence in the St Monica’s Mission area.
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It’s appreciated….but how long will they stay? They should have cops in civilian clothes all the time in the area. “Undercovers” who stay in the area, frequent it, and just keep an eye out. I think that’d be a bit more productive use of my tax money.
Or maybe they should have built that new police station and court house….right in that empty lot. Wouldn’t that have been something….
Maybe if they would have had a presence after the Friday night shooting then we wouldn’t have had this brazen act of violence a few days later! Dummies!!!
Aruna I hope you are being sarcastic when you say build a station on Court Street cause last I checked thats WHAT THEY ARE DOING!!!!! And for the Undercover comment are you serious?? are you even Bermudian??? How long do you think someone that is not from that area would last before someone notices that he or she doesnt belong?? Think
Now that the police are there is anyone watching the other known areas for crime?
Its amazing that people can still complain over the efforts being made by the police. As an ex-officer I know the challenges that the police are facing. To start things off the lack of officers has a huge impact in them being pro-active. I’ve heard people complaining about “why weren’t the police there?” or “why the police aren’t stationary in these hot spots?” Do you really feel that officers should be stationary waiting for nothing to happen? Nothing ever happens right in front of the police.
I feel as if people always focus their anger on police for not doing nothing when the police are doing as much as they possibly can. The help of the community and willingness to stand trial s whats needed.
I heard a suggestion saying that the police service should be more foreign officers, reason being foreign officers actually come to do work in Bermuda. They don’t have to worry about ocking up a friend or an old school mate. They have no ties. I completely agree with this. Only thing I disagree with is the lack of respect for the foreign officers when they are doing their jobs. Some days I became so frustrated at the way my fellow Bermudians would treat them. Bermuda keeps calling for Officers to do their jobs, maybe this recent spat of violence will allow the foreigners to do what they was hired to do POLICE!!!
Pinks you had me up until the last paragraph. Finally somebody on here that says something with alittle sense. When Police are finally in the right place at the right time and have to shoot one of these guys, I am going to be tuned into bernews to see what all you people are going to say then.. I have an idea how thats going to go. All of a sudden the boy didnt deserve it and the police didnt have to do that. And god forbid its a white foreign officer cause then it will be a racial thing. Then all the comments will be the police did too much…
I agree completely…. The Police will always be at fault!
Finally somebody with a bit of sense. When the police service was filled with foreign cops “Bermudians” had a huge problem stating they were being treated unfairly and the foreign police are too harsh. I’ve come to the conclusion that it is impossible to please Bermudians, the community is so closely knit, and everyone is someone’s cousin, brother or aunt’s husband’s son that it is impossible for justice to be served and fairly distributed. It all comes down to one very simple question Bermuda “do you want change or not?”. In order for things to change we have to stop making excuses for these young men and women and hold them accountable for their actions be they a cousin, sister or brother. We have to allow the police to do their job “ALL THE TIME” instead of just when it benefits or concerns you. I’m tired of hearing it’s the “white” man holding the black man back when in actuality it’s the black man holding the black man back. Bermuda is a land of equal opportunity if you are willing to work hard. GED programs are offered for FREE, Bermuda College is FREE and the national training board offers scholarships, their is no excuse to not be educated or at least make an attempt, The youth of Bermuda have this strange sense of entitlement like someone owes them something. It is impossible for our young brothers and sisters to move forward and act like adults when all we do is come up with excuses for their behavior. I have never seen a group of more needy, spoiled self absorbed youth in my life; we have reached a point in Bermuda where children no longer want to be like their moms or dads rather Niki Manaj or 50 cent. And that’s not to say that they should not aspire to be successful, but they are under the impression that their stardom came overnight. Anything worth having is worth working hard for. These false hopes and adorations that the youth have for these celebrities are turning them into zombie’s who aren’t capable to think for themselves, formulate their own ideas and discern a simple concept like do unto others and you would want them to do unto you. Time to stop playing the blame game and allow both the parents and children be accountable.
FINALLY ANOTHER READER WITH A BRAIN!!!
How shocking. Bermuda is known to be reactive instead of proactive. Save me the BS of there not being enough police officers yet on any given sunny day there are at least 10 of them writing tickets for tint and seatbelts down Flatt’s. Thank God because we all know those are the important issues right now!
No one is saying the police are the only issue. The main issues right now is the gang culture running rampant, the incompetent school system, the incompetent police and the incompetent judicial systems. That’s a deadly mix that’s evidenced with all the violence and “antisocial behavior“, what do we expect? This has been long coming,
Things need to change and we aren’t just saying it’s the police but you can’t deny that they play a HUGE part in it. I’ve had many run ins with the police when you need them to help you, and they are rude, nonchalant and could give a crap. They then want you to turn around and help them. We don’t pay them to sit around and do nothing! That’s why the public demands answers and demands that something needs to be done. They are supposed to protect and serve, if they keep begging the public for help then why do we need them? The public doesn’t always have information we pay them to find out! It’s 2010 time to start thinking outside the box! Of course no one is going to do anything with a billion police officers right outside! Try riding around in unmarked cars in civilian clothes, you’d be amazed at the amount of ridiculousness you encounter just driving around in Bermuda. Have them driving around in taxis, have them walking around actually patrolling the streets. I rarely see a police officer unless they are actually going to an emergency. Or how about *gasp* actually doing some detective work and round up all the gang members. Police away do sweeps and arrest all of them, round them up and bring them in front of the courts. How many known “hotspots” are their in Bermuda? Where they hang out all night and police do nothing? We know what they are doing.
The public does play a big part in this on goin fued. Be honest with yourself, after something happens the streets start talking. These criminals do no thave lips sealed with super glue. People know whats going on in Bermuda and refuse to speak on it. As far as the Police standing around writing tickets…. ITS THEIR JOB! The Police are one of the main sources in governments revenue…. If you haven’t noticed Bermuda is in a big debt crisis!!! If you don’t live in a hot spot obviously you won’t see the police. I live in town and every 5 mins there is a police car, truck, or bike passing through.
I will admit though when stuff like this does happen the service goes into panic mode and their first thought is tickets instead of connecting with the community…
I’m just hopiing for better days
I totally agree Curious…
…can i also suggest that you use our hard earned money for BETTER camera systems? Are they even on at all? A picture is worth a thousands words…this picture is making me shake my head…camera beemed right there!! This case should have been solved amongst other cases…then to top it off you’ve got another camera adjacent to that one over on the other building??
More foreign cops? well from what i’ve noticed, from time a ish load of foreigners period came into our country – nothing but turmoil….!! Point blank the community has no energy to help the system cuz the system is set! We’ve need save our energy for the 4 jobs we’ve gotta attend to meet the HIGH cost of living in this country. And if you want the community to look out for you you’ve got to look out for us. There’s no space and the people are suffocating….then the police got a nerve to be bragging in the newspaper about doing overtime and making more money??? Those types of comments are not gonna stop the violence! You’ve got people scratching where it don’t itch to buy bread for 5 dollars??
If the cap fits wear it…no one is banking on you or other cops personally that are truly doing their jobs…you were a cop and you probably did your job however…becareful of putting your head out on a chopping block for others, you don’t know everything thats going on out here in the community. To every action there is a reaction…you’d be surprise what a lot people have gone through with police…
THANK YOU!!!!! Well said…I too have had run ins with the police (speeding tickets)and I am treated like i committed a murder. Whether foreign or Bermudian doesnt matter the ones i have encountered are RUDE and act as if they are doing us a favor. Do your job…Public come forward and do what give evidence to have the whereabouts printed in the paper! STUPID STUPID…Where are the police that are getting all this extra $$$ in overtime….Oh wait walking around reid/queen/church street giving out no seat belt tickets oh yes and there favorite spot FLATTS! Glad they are there same way but whast the point now. SMDH
Curious not to be rude but you mentioned the incompetent police and the incompetent school system and the incompetent judicial system….well what about the incompetent parents. For the most part these are children committing these crimes, and yes I do understand that most of these kids may come from a single parent home and blah blah blah, but that shouldn’t be an excuse not to have control over your child. If the police arrest your child for weed how as a parent can you say the police are harassing your child when weed is illegal, and you can’t tell me that doesn’t happen. I personally know a fine young man whose mother had him when she was in her early teens, his father was on drugs and he had a child when he was in his early teens. This same young man went on to get his GED and is now currently a strong pillar of this community making good money and planning for his future, while teaching his son to do the same. Even when their doesn’t seem to be hope you can’t pass this same hopelessness onto the children you have to make them want more and expect more from themselves in a world that doesn’t expect much of them. Life isn’t fair point blank but when you’re talking and your children hearing your conversations they take on that same attitude and feel they can do whatever because “the police are incompetent”, “the judicial system is incompetent” and “the school system is incompetent” so what they do they start breaking the law they don’t care about going court or jail and they stop going school because it’s nothing that dumb school can teach them, and the cycle continues.
Seems like they didn’t maintain it for long. That’s why they can’t see any results. Stick with it. Stay there. Other than staking out the known hotspots there is nothing for them to do but rescue cats from trees or give out tickets for tint. CRIME PREVENTION!