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	<title>Comments on: Premier: Addressing Increase In Serious Crimes</title>
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		<title>By: think about it</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2016/02/addressing-increase-serious-crimes/#comment-3190623</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[think about it]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2016 10:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#039;t be fooled people, the COP and the Premier are on the same page, well thats what the Premier thinks. The COP is getting rid of contract workers to bring the numbers down so that a new recruitment drive can take place for another local course to run. the numbers will come back up and will improve numbers in the Police Service and secondly provide jobs for us Bermudians. nothing wrong with that. A contract is a contract. Plus those contract workers were beginning to get too bold. Challenging wrong decisions and having opinions contrary to the norm.

win win for all!!

also the issue now with the Police is that it has been working on auto-pilot for some time. lots of great public speakers with administrative skills. Using the initiatives of some to justify a strategy is not the same as putting a strategy in motion. investigative journalists, ask the rank and file.

I challenge them to say the last time a senior officer(above the rank of Chief Inspector) has provided skilled directing(not budget or resources) in any major investigation. I am referring to actual investigations in a murder or a serious crime, where any senior level officer can provide investigative direction. there is only one on paper who does not know the last time he did that. in the sniper management of a Police Service, there needs to be a balanced mix, not a bunch of entitled folks. 

Right now, a CEO of a Private company can come in and do just as much a good job or even a better job than the ones now. at least they would come in with some modern Human Resource management strategies.

Senator Baron, do the right thing and tell the Premier the truth, if you haven&#039;t already!! 
also looking forward to the day when the COP will salute you as per protocol.

Oh Governor, where is that surprise Audit of the Police Service? the time is right?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don&#8217;t be fooled people, the COP and the Premier are on the same page, well thats what the Premier thinks. The COP is getting rid of contract workers to bring the numbers down so that a new recruitment drive can take place for another local course to run. the numbers will come back up and will improve numbers in the Police Service and secondly provide jobs for us Bermudians. nothing wrong with that. A contract is a contract. Plus those contract workers were beginning to get too bold. Challenging wrong decisions and having opinions contrary to the norm.</p>
<p>win win for all!!</p>
<p>also the issue now with the Police is that it has been working on auto-pilot for some time. lots of great public speakers with administrative skills. Using the initiatives of some to justify a strategy is not the same as putting a strategy in motion. investigative journalists, ask the rank and file.</p>
<p>I challenge them to say the last time a senior officer(above the rank of Chief Inspector) has provided skilled directing(not budget or resources) in any major investigation. I am referring to actual investigations in a murder or a serious crime, where any senior level officer can provide investigative direction. there is only one on paper who does not know the last time he did that. in the sniper management of a Police Service, there needs to be a balanced mix, not a bunch of entitled folks. </p>
<p>Right now, a CEO of a Private company can come in and do just as much a good job or even a better job than the ones now. at least they would come in with some modern Human Resource management strategies.</p>
<p>Senator Baron, do the right thing and tell the Premier the truth, if you haven&#8217;t already!!<br />
also looking forward to the day when the COP will salute you as per protocol.</p>
<p>Oh Governor, where is that surprise Audit of the Police Service? the time is right?</p>
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		<title>By: .am</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2016/02/addressing-increase-serious-crimes/#comment-3188803</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[.am]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2016 01:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You wrote a comment, not a blog. It&#039;s not rocket science.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You wrote a comment, not a blog. It&#8217;s not rocket science.</p>
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		<title>By: mmm</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2016/02/addressing-increase-serious-crimes/#comment-3188615</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mmm]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2016 14:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The people of these country, will have more confidence in the leaders of this country, if they will roll up their sleeves and meet with the people in the community on a regular basis. Show the cost of running this country, and invite the public to comment. One of the hardest things to do is to come down to the common people, and implement changes that will reduce cost s and have a more satisfied people.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The people of these country, will have more confidence in the leaders of this country, if they will roll up their sleeves and meet with the people in the community on a regular basis. Show the cost of running this country, and invite the public to comment. One of the hardest things to do is to come down to the common people, and implement changes that will reduce cost s and have a more satisfied people.</p>
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		<title>By: Triangle Drifter</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2016/02/addressing-increase-serious-crimes/#comment-3188314</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Triangle Drifter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2016 21:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not going to happen. Waste of time bringing the subject up as much as so many would like it to be in the penalty toolbox.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not going to happen. Waste of time bringing the subject up as much as so many would like it to be in the penalty toolbox.</p>
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		<title>By: San George</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2016/02/addressing-increase-serious-crimes/#comment-3188179</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[San George]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2016 18:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spot on DPS!  Can&#039;t find a job - farm!  That from the leader of Bermuda.  We are blessed beyond measure.  We have to show that we care for our less fortunate.  We have to nurture and make room for change and embrace opportunities.  A morsel of bread and a corner to sleep, a minute smile and hour weep is not going to cut it.

Quo Fata Ferunt]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Spot on DPS!  Can&#8217;t find a job &#8211; farm!  That from the leader of Bermuda.  We are blessed beyond measure.  We have to show that we care for our less fortunate.  We have to nurture and make room for change and embrace opportunities.  A morsel of bread and a corner to sleep, a minute smile and hour weep is not going to cut it.</p>
<p>Quo Fata Ferunt</p>
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		<title>By: Rockfish#1</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2016/02/addressing-increase-serious-crimes/#comment-3188169</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rockfish#1]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2016 17:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Correction** Let us not forget something.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Correction** Let us not forget something.</p>
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		<title>By: Rockfish#1</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2016/02/addressing-increase-serious-crimes/#comment-3188167</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rockfish#1]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2016 17:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#039;s no forget something.
The size of the BPS is of course important, but so is managing and deploying them properly.
This applies to ALL ranks!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let&#8217;s no forget something.<br />
The size of the BPS is of course important, but so is managing and deploying them properly.<br />
This applies to ALL ranks!</p>
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		<title>By: Laughable</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2016/02/addressing-increase-serious-crimes/#comment-3188155</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laughable]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2016 17:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have to agree. Actually the Commissioner and the Premier are on the same page. How can you get rid of about 20 Police Officers with more to go later this year and then say you are trying to deal with uprise in crime?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have to agree. Actually the Commissioner and the Premier are on the same page. How can you get rid of about 20 Police Officers with more to go later this year and then say you are trying to deal with uprise in crime?</p>
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		<title>By: Onion juice</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2016/02/addressing-increase-serious-crimes/#comment-3188154</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Onion juice]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2016 17:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And what happpens to those who are wrongly accused ?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And what happpens to those who are wrongly accused ?</p>
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		<title>By: Onion juice</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2016/02/addressing-increase-serious-crimes/#comment-3188150</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Onion juice]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2016 17:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a waste of F!@#ing film.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What a waste of F!@#ing film.</p>
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		<title>By: NO MORE WAR</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2016/02/addressing-increase-serious-crimes/#comment-3188120</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[NO MORE WAR]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2016 16:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This press release by the Premier makes no sense at all. In that he has acknowledged the rise in serious crime but will continue to cut the police budget. I would be afraid to meet with the Commissioner knowing that I am partly responsible for hindering the police from more effective type policing. This Preimier also has lost the confidence of the rank of file of the police force and has caused there to be less officers on the ground. How is the police supposed to effectively police when they only have 3 units available to deal with serious crime?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This press release by the Premier makes no sense at all. In that he has acknowledged the rise in serious crime but will continue to cut the police budget. I would be afraid to meet with the Commissioner knowing that I am partly responsible for hindering the police from more effective type policing. This Preimier also has lost the confidence of the rank of file of the police force and has caused there to be less officers on the ground. How is the police supposed to effectively police when they only have 3 units available to deal with serious crime?</p>
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		<title>By: serengeti</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2016/02/addressing-increase-serious-crimes/#comment-3188101</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[serengeti]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2016 15:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would like it if the courts had the death penalty available.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would like it if the courts had the death penalty available.</p>
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		<title>By: Duane P. Santucci</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2016/02/addressing-increase-serious-crimes/#comment-3188093</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duane P. Santucci]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2016 15:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most serious crimes,is not the guns on the street or the violence in our community,it is the legislator and the politicians who are hell bent in ruining this country for the majority.

The Premiers words are fruitless to me and many within this country, because his sincerity in these matters and others are very tainted.

No mother or family member likes to hear that a loved one has been gunned down, neither do they want to know that they have relatives being brought before the courts because of illegal drug charges, or being a menace to society,but the reality is this is all to common and remains so because of the fall out of the family , which has eroded on many fronts and for many reasons, along with the political challenges in this country that does not deal with the affordability of living in this country.

This government has all the time and resources to produce what they want on behalf of the elite,but it has no real commitment to the main stream people who have the electoral power, From the America&#039;s cup, to the Airport redevelopment,Immigration reform,to same sex partners being given the green light to anything and everything, No Mr Premier put on your brakes, you have ministers in your cabinet acting like drunken sailors, and you being a leader who is more available for photo up&#039;s and funerals of people you don&#039;t even know.

I for one am not afraid to speak how I see it and stand flat footed on my convictions. You complained and barked about the Hon Dr.Ewart Brown when he was Premier and you even had a few choice names for him, but it is amazing that a man in whom I thought was for the people as Mr. Michael Dunkley, has become the most hopeless Premier on record that I have ever seen in my years of being an adult.

Never have we seen you run your office as the premier as one who can clearly be seen and felt as if he was in control of the affairs under his tenure, but it seems like all of your ministers do as they wish and we don&#039;t hear a peak out of you, they are running this country like wild O&#039;x&#039;s and I don&#039;t mean that in a kind way, so pick the bones out of it.

my blog is lengthy because I am a Bermudian who is disgraced to even say that this is the country I live in or have loved for the majority of my life, foreigners seem to have more rights in this country then the born Bermudian and this does not include the rubber stamp, paper Bermudians.
Lastly I am only on of countless Bermudians both black and white who are sick of your leadership, step down and let someone else with greater skills in your party do the job, and maybe we can gt things turned around.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The most serious crimes,is not the guns on the street or the violence in our community,it is the legislator and the politicians who are hell bent in ruining this country for the majority.</p>
<p>The Premiers words are fruitless to me and many within this country, because his sincerity in these matters and others are very tainted.</p>
<p>No mother or family member likes to hear that a loved one has been gunned down, neither do they want to know that they have relatives being brought before the courts because of illegal drug charges, or being a menace to society,but the reality is this is all to common and remains so because of the fall out of the family , which has eroded on many fronts and for many reasons, along with the political challenges in this country that does not deal with the affordability of living in this country.</p>
<p>This government has all the time and resources to produce what they want on behalf of the elite,but it has no real commitment to the main stream people who have the electoral power, From the America&#8217;s cup, to the Airport redevelopment,Immigration reform,to same sex partners being given the green light to anything and everything, No Mr Premier put on your brakes, you have ministers in your cabinet acting like drunken sailors, and you being a leader who is more available for photo up&#8217;s and funerals of people you don&#8217;t even know.</p>
<p>I for one am not afraid to speak how I see it and stand flat footed on my convictions. You complained and barked about the Hon Dr.Ewart Brown when he was Premier and you even had a few choice names for him, but it is amazing that a man in whom I thought was for the people as Mr. Michael Dunkley, has become the most hopeless Premier on record that I have ever seen in my years of being an adult.</p>
<p>Never have we seen you run your office as the premier as one who can clearly be seen and felt as if he was in control of the affairs under his tenure, but it seems like all of your ministers do as they wish and we don&#8217;t hear a peak out of you, they are running this country like wild O&#8217;x's and I don&#8217;t mean that in a kind way, so pick the bones out of it.</p>
<p>my blog is lengthy because I am a Bermudian who is disgraced to even say that this is the country I live in or have loved for the majority of my life, foreigners seem to have more rights in this country then the born Bermudian and this does not include the rubber stamp, paper Bermudians.<br />
Lastly I am only on of countless Bermudians both black and white who are sick of your leadership, step down and let someone else with greater skills in your party do the job, and maybe we can gt things turned around.</p>
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		<title>By: Raymond Ray</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2016/02/addressing-increase-serious-crimes/#comment-3188081</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raymond Ray]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2016 15:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Premier Michael Dunkley Sir, as Leader of our Government and Island of Bermuda please introduce new changes in our criminal Laws. Violent crimes should be with no time off for so call &quot;good behavior&quot;. Unfortunately the list does goes on and on yet I do believe you catch my drift? People are fed-up!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Premier Michael Dunkley Sir, as Leader of our Government and Island of Bermuda please introduce new changes in our criminal Laws. Violent crimes should be with no time off for so call &#8220;good behavior&#8221;. Unfortunately the list does goes on and on yet I do believe you catch my drift? People are fed-up!</p>
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