Violent crimes down 6 percent in Bahamas, says police chief

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Published on Wednesday, 18 July 2012 10:46

Written by Nassau Guardian

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Nassau, Bahamas (Nassau Guardian): Violent crime in The Bahamas is down six percent overall for the first half of 2012, according to Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade. While Greenslade said on Monday that he has seen improved results, he did not provide any statistics to the media to make their own comparisons. Murders are not among the categories that are down, according to Nassau Guardian records.

However, the commissioner said that armed robbery, which was up “marginally”, was the only exception to the downward trend, but cases of murder, attempted murder, rape, attempted rape and unlawful sexual intercourse are all down. Two matters that had previously been classified as murders were recently reclassified as manslaughter. Up to Monday, there were 73 recorded murders for the year so far, according to Superintendent Paul Rolle, head of the Central Detective Unit. According to Nassau Guardian records, this time last year there were also 73 murders recorded. July 2011 was the bloodiest month recorded in 2011, with 20 murders. May 2012 broke that record with 21 murders. So far, there have been eight murders recorded for this month.

Greenslade said aggressive targeting of known offenders, increased saturation patrols, community-based policing and other special operations have contributed to the overall improvement. “We see a distinct change in terms of what is happening and what I must also say that is significant, is that we have arrested a number of prolific offenders [who] are still incarcerated,” he said.

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