Police: Misleading Email/BlackBerry Message
The Bermuda Police Service said they are aware of a misleading email/BB message which is currently circulating purporting to be a Police warning, and have confirmed that the message is not an official bulletin.
The message claims the Police are warning people, especially women, not to stop their vehicle if they see something unusual at the side of the road such as an infant car seat with a blanket draped over it as it is a ‘gang initiation’, designed to lure the driver out of the vehicle.
The Police said the correspondence is “not an official statement or warning from the Bermuda Police Service,” and asked that people check with them to see if the claims are true. They can be reached at 299-4321 or pmr@bps.bm.
The full Police statement is below:
The Bermuda Police Service is aware of a misleading e-mail / BlackBerry Messenger communication currently circulating locally.
The message titled “Police warning – not a joke – What has it come to!” basically states that police are warning members of the public especially women not to stop their vehicle if they see something unusual at the side of the road such as an infant car seat with a blanket draped over it as it is a ‘gang initiation’, designed to lure the driver out of the vehicle.
However, the correspondence is not an official statement or warning from the Bermuda Police Service. We strongly advise that before sending out mass e-mails, please check with police to see if the claims are indeed true or relevant to our jurisdiction.
In particular if someone in a business or government agency receives such correspondence, they should check its authenticity with police before mass distributing it to other people.
Anyone who receives an ambiguous e-mail or other correspondence via text, BlackBerry messenger or other means, please feel free to contact the Police Public & Media Relations Office on 299-4321 or pmr@bps.bm to verify the information before sending it on.
Damn UBP…..
LOL
Heres the sad things stuff like this give these fool ideas so just in case you do happen to see call the police pretty much every man women and child has a cell phone these day. IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT IS OUT OF ORDER CALL THE POLICE AND LET THEM DEAL WITH.
The Mon, I was thinking the exact same thing as I read the story. It appears to me that we (the sane people) are conjuring up these big mastermind ideas, and they (the insane ones) are just feeding off of them and acting out on it. Something like this was probably never even thought of in the gang World. Well, here it is now….Any more bright ideas folks.
Is that number an official action jackson number….like if we see guys crowding our neighborhoods, blocking roads to houses, selling crack in broad day light???
What a stupid question GPS. Your gonna either call or not. Apparently you haven’t after those accusations.
Babylon………………………………
Who sits around thinking this stuff up then writing it out to send out to the public? Good advice or not.
Everyone fails to realize that the BPS is saying it’s false because they probably haven’t heard anything about it till now. Who’s to say that someone close to a gang member got the inside scoop and decided to spread the word before contacting the police. Needless to say, if I see anything suspicious, I will call the police and let them deal with it.
I cant stand when people pass on emails before googling their validity. Geesh people this was clearly not a BDA email….see the following….http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/carseat.asp
Great link….thanks
There is also an email my mom showed me that said dont get out of your car if you see a flyer/paper on the back window of your car. I told my mom , i dont think this message came from the police, as i dont see any BERMUDA POLICE SERVICE on the email message.
However, i did always receive something like this email in college in USA, so can be true. IDK