I resent wholeheartedly the notion and expression that The Royal Bahamas Police Force is in a state of "war" with the citizenry who are disenfranchised due to no fault of their own. The people, and by extension, its military forces ought to be at "war' with a common enemy. The citizenry, irrespective of their waywardness, is not the enemy. THE POLICE FORCE WAS ESTABLISH TO '***POLICE***' AND '***ENFORCE***' THE LAWS AMONG THE CIVILIAN POPULATION - The fact of the matter is that those elected, and otherwise in office of authority, have opted and have taken on the task of governance which happens to far beyond their call, comprehension or capabilities. The people are merely mimicking their leaders as to what they witness or perceive is the essence of life. What our leaders place their emphasis on is exactly what the youths are bound to pursue as important (money, pleasure and material gains). THIS IS NOT A JUSTIFIED REASON TO KILL THEM. You restrain, educate and discipline the unruly citizens - THEY SHOULD NOT BE SLAUGHTERED AS THE ENEMY AND THEN TERMED "THE CASUALTY OF WAR".

Guess the commissioner telling Bahamians to expect some of their innocent sons to die (without compensation) while the police do battle with crime. So it’s ok for police to pump 18 rounds of lead into an innocent, unarmed citizen, mostly in his back? Or shoot a blind man and claim he pointed a gun at officers?

Whether "our sons" are guilty or not, nor whether there is potential for compensation for wrongful death, this should not be the expectation among the Bahamian populace, even as it pertains to those who are wayward. How can our youths dream and aspire to be productive citizens if this happens to be a factor in our social equation. This whole idea of declaring "war" on your disenfranchised citizenry reeks of despair and hopelessness on a national scale.

Racial profiling in a majority Black Country

Ferguson readily admits Minnis, Dames and D'Aguilar have it all wrong. We are indeed in a state of war with vast numbers of criminal elements within our own country. The cruise ship captain who told his passengers to stay away from 'hot' areas like the Fish Fry at Arawak Key obviously knew what he was talking about. LMAO

Which "war" are we in???????? ............. Dames' War?????????

The COP is which general??????? ............. Sherman, Lee, or Grant????????? ......... SMH

The war on crime. And the only thing Minnis is qualified for in this war is cleaning out the latrine for re-use by the troops. LMAO

If the police only shoot individuals who are threatening them with bodily harm, I have no problems with that actually.<br/>
I do think the body cams are needed to make sure that is ALL that is happening and no other unethical practice.

Yes, or no - is the reporting what is an alarming escalation numbers policeman's involved shootings comrade citizens - mostly occurring just in and about colony islands capital town of Nassau - really being openly offered voluntarily unafraid before the PeoplePublic - or does the policeman's reporting only begins kicks in once the media starts asking questions - why so frequently are there shootings of we comrade citizens by policeman's - where the majority shootings comrade citizens - meets with trial and conviction with almost certain death sentence being pronounced and carried out on spot. Yes, no - certainly not kinds welcoming statistics for authorities be bragging about playing role in brungin' about... Yes, no - shouldn't all citizens' right to breathing, not be equally valued?

TOO TOO MELODRAMATIC...."WAR" ."Casualties"?.....Fully understand his officers need to protect their lives against the many...many examples of new type of...wutless criminals just plain shooting victims in the head...or simply innocent victims...leaving noone alive....common sense any criminal with a gun jus aint lookin to ....wave it about...an frighten or scare da bejesus outta police with it..!!!!!!...police have to defend themdelves..!!!.....I Police existing measures are working quite well crime has reduced......perhaps he needs to use decaffinated...???....certainly would appreciate more of his crime reducing strategy...

So one of the best informed highest state employed workers has admitted that we are living in a war zone where police officers regularly are called upon to kill Bahamians. This is not good news for country that is hugely dependant on tourism. Prepare an exit strategy those who are able.

Think he forgot the world wide web?

Surely the cruise ships and airlines must bear some responsibility for the potential harm they expose their passengers to in transporting them to an officially acknowledged (self-declared) war zone like New Providence Island. The same liability risk presumably applies to the New Providence hotels that advertise for their foreign guests to visit and stay for a while anywhere within the island wide war zone. And what about our government (ministry of tourism) promoting the island wide war zone to foreign visitors? None of these enterprises forthrightly caution their tourist customers about the potential hazards of visiting a war zone like New Providence Island. There are no large signs bearing highly visible bold print, no official web site postings, and no information (not even fine print) in travel ticket/reservation material to caution these people that they are taking their lives in their own hands by visiting the New Providence wide war zone. Something needs to be done about this pronto!

Murders has gone down but murders by police have gone up.

Has there ever been a murder in recent times where the criminals pumped 18 bullets into the victim? This man ain’t serious.

never mind

So did anyone ask the commissioner how many officers have been dismissed from the force since he became commissioner and how many of the police involved shootings that resulted in death are under active investigation?