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Police: 22 People Arrested Over Cup Match Holiday
22 people were arrested over the Cup Match holiday, which saw the police attend a series of incidents including 8 burglaries, 5 non-injury road accidents, 10 accidents involving injuries, 2 marine incidents, 2 robberies, 2 disturbances, 6 stolen cycles, 10 assaults, 12 DUIs over the extended holiday period. A police statement said: “The Bermuda... Read more of this article
Police, Regiment Combine For Cup Match Security
A joint effort between the Bermuda Police Service and Bermuda Regiment is aimed at deterring any of the criminal element that might seek to disrupt the Cup Match holiday with acts of violence and criminality. Police Officers, Reserve Police and the Bermuda Regiment will be on duty inside and outside the Somerset Cricket Club grounds throughout Cup Match... Read more of this article
Cup Match Security: Police, Regiment & CCTV
Police Officers, Reserve Police and the Bermuda Regiment will be on duty inside and outside the Somerset Cricket Club grounds throughout Cup Match, and the club has contracted the services of a security company and extra CCTV coverage will be in use in and around the grounds. The announcement about Cup Match security took place at a press conference... Read more of this article
Police Introduce ‘Yellow Card’ System
This past Cup Match holiday weekend some residents were stopped by the Police and were the recipients of a “verbal caution” rather than a ticket. The Police said they acknowledge that there is often a “knock on effect” on the law abiding citizens who get caught up in road checks designed to target gang members. Saying it is an... Read more of this article
Police: Cup Match Holiday “Relatively Safe”
Today [July 31] a police spokesperson said the Cup Match holiday was a “relatively safe one,” and although there were minor incidents, there were “no major and or critical incidents of note.” Reported incidents over the holiday period included the fighting at BeachFest which caused the event to be shut down over five hours early,... Read more of this article
Police: High Visibility Patrols Over Cup Match
Bolstered by the Police Reserves and the Bermuda Regiment, the Bermuda Police Service will be out in full strength over the upcoming Cup Match Holiday weekend, and said they are “intent on deterring those members of the public that might seek to disrupt the holiday with acts of violence and criminality.” At a press conference held this morning... Read more of this article
Police Respond To Cup Match Marijuana Allegation
Following an allegation made by UBP Senator Michael Dunkley that Police turned a blind eye while patrons smoked marijuana at Cup Match, the Police have responded saying there were 150 officers in and around the Somerset Cricket Club grounds and they received no complaints of cannabis smoking from the public. The Royal Gazette reported that Senator Dunkley... Read more of this article
One Drunk Driving Arrest Over 2010 Cup Match
The Police have stated that over the Cup Match holiday weekend (from 7am Wednesday July 28th – 7am Monday August 2nd) there was only one person arrested on suspicion of impaired driving. In addition, as most the public are aware, the Police have confirmed that there “were no major incidents reported.” The Police go to say that there were... Read more of this article
Photos: Cup Match Security This Morning
At 7:30am this morning [July 29] a full range of security measures were in place at Somerset Cricket Club. The Police had stated that strengthened security measures would be taken for this year’s Cup Match including; full firearms team response capability, two CCTV cameras deployed to record all vehicle numbers, additional CCTV cameras, and that everyone... Read more of this article
2010 Cup Match Security: Regiment, CCTV & More
Commissioner of Police Michael DeSilva said that strengthened security measures would be taken for this year’s Cup Match. He said that there would be a full Firearms Team response capability; that there would be two CCV cameras deployed to record all vehicle numbers and that, in addition, there would be mobile CCTV cameras in use. The mobile cameras... Read more of this article
