Yes, yes and yes I hear what comrade Commish Anthony saying..... but who and what are strange forces at work needing identifying which continues prosper while they allow Colony of Out Islands to have many communities that are living in Third .Word conditions, yes, no some amongst the select be getting rich and richer off misery?.

Just don’t fishbag the Tourist, Mr Commissioner, or beat them and break they arm or leg, because we all need to sweep in front if we doors. And we need we hand and legs dem to sweep. And what team that was that went to Florida to play in a tournament, just last December and their van got broken in and their passports, cell phones and other personal items got stolen. At least the tourists are mostly safe here, and once you clean up your own force and stop your officers from beating innocent victims and putting false charges on them and profiling them they you will see a drastic reduction in crime, because the public will support the police in their efforts. And be wary of some of these foreign agents and agencies that claim they come here to assist with crime. Just check how they operate in their own country. Infiltrating gangs and instigating crime and violence among certain groups to get headlines then going back and using deadly force against them. Just read the reports that they put out saying over 163 gangs are active in the Bahamas. Who created the MS 18 gang and deposed them to South and Central America. That now deadly gang that Donald Trump is so afraid of? And guess why?

Bernie Saunders says if he is elected President of the United States, not only will he release persons serving prison sentences for marijuana and other nonviolent offenders, but also ensure there records are expunged as quickly as possible so they can get a job and start their lives over. Donald Trump is already releasing up to 10,000 under a similar program, but here police are still stopping young men and searching, even in their drawers for marijuana. Would be interesting to see what the crime statistics will look like by years end after marijuana in that country will have been 100 % legal for a year. Part of the rationale behind the move was marijuana was the most smuggled substance across the Canadian border and caused many visitors not to be allowed back into Canada or residents who can no longer travel because of a record. And while taking marijuana across the Canadian boarder is still prohibited. Now boarder patrol would only confiscate if when found, like they do any other fruits, plants or vegetables. This may be a consideration for young tourists who visit this country.

The pipeline from high school to prison was designed for Blacks living in America. And they used the 'war on drugs' to facilitate that effort. And the government and law enforcement in this country went along with the program not understanding the motive or the consequences. Yes there is a serious drug and substance abuse in this country, but the abusers need education and rehabilitation as opposed to prison. The shock treatment by sending teens to prison and 'scaring' them has been found to do more harm and damage than good. Disciplinary organizations like the boys brigade, the rangers, police basketball and other sporting and civic events that instill discipline, and character enforces conflict resolution and team effort are more effective but these programs in this country are underfunded and withering away.

@ John.....You are wasting your breath talking to these neanderthals. Hubert Alexander Ingraham is one of those responsible for stupidly following the US "war on drugs" by making what anyone with sense would consider a misdemeanor for personal use drug possession into a ridiculous mandatory sentence.

26 (real) countries have abandoned the war on drugs while the Bahamas Island of geniuses dug their heels in deeper and continued the war in solitude jailing our youth and tourist alike for joints.

https://www.thrillist.com/vice/30-place…

The police, sanctioned by prime ministers is still the biggest organized criminal organization in the country, dispensing thuggery, extortion, torture, drugs & arms dealing, and human trafficking, none of which can flourish without police protection in ANY country.

This is an absolutely unbelievable set of circumstances where the Bahamas is now leading the war on drugs but cannot find one corrupt politician in our country that has ALWAYS been inundated with political corruption!

To SP: The U.S. government is acutely aware of the significance of the matters raised by you in the last two paragraphs of your post immediately above.

The US government has a president who tells his audience to go out and grab women by their p.. pocketbooks.. any questions?

What about cleaning out at least 30% of these lousy police officers??? ........ aka dirty cops

These cops surely see, hear and touch what is going on in their personal neighbourhoods. Cops live in every HOT crime spot in Nassau .......... yet crime goes on with little improvement in Kemp Road, Carmichael, Montell, Yellow Elder, Chippingham etc .......... and cops live there, too.

Sheeprunner the police are the people and the people are the police. That's just the problem; you see yourself as someone different. Wake up and smell the coffee.

I hate to agree with some of these losers(above)but I am myself suffering from illegal actions in the area that I reside,which is zoned as residental, one is operating a garage,one has set up a trucking business,with old leaking oil in the ground tractor head,including a trailor for an office,and one has managed to build an apt building consisting of ten units ,on a corporal salary. reminds me of the days when my good friend a inspector use to go to work in a brand new fire engine red mercedes,and park it in the commissioner parking space, and he dare not ask him to move it, you remember that fellas?(,the neighbors in the area that are not cowards have been roperting ,these things for years, you heard me YEARS.therefore I am force to agree with some of the people above that are bad mouthing the goverment,because they cannot control their agents,stay tune ,Iwill be more detailed in my next letter to the editor.

And not to forget it was the US that dumped tanks of nerve gas in our waters off Andros. They also wanted to do vaccines testing on Bahamians using the live AIDS virus.

ADMIRABLE...ENDEVOVOR...OVER THE YEARS......'WE'. ...an ..'we'....firstest is the population from the urban areas crime accented uses to be the ....premier areas for socially economic upward mobile ....exiting these areas.....into upper ...middle ..subdivisions...into 10,000 plus govt housing homes.....and the struggling pore population moving into dese urban areas being very good rent payers.....
Da used to Police frequent marching through to.... elicit...encourage...defer...Criminal intents ...an encourage cooperation etc......are different dynamics today.......different population...language...single family units mother wid many chillren...no father aroumd....Bahamian neighbours not known to each other..other different congested areas wid similar different cultural families...second ...third generation...much more divisions....dire poverty ....now...Gubbermint Walkarounds admirable...subressiion...strategy elicit cooperation.....needs to be augremted by udder strategies..immersion by social workers...active proactive by CONstituency offices to analyze..uplift...

Take pride in your home, it will be respected by all, even fellow Bahamians.