In any other jurisdiction/country in which any high ranking officers/officials in the government, in the police department and in the military were arrested and/or suspected of such heinous corruption would cause the judiciary to call into question EVERY investigation, and every indictment in which they were even minimally involved.

Furthermore since none of this criminal behaviour was acted upon by any senior level department heads, the US authorities kept their investigation hidden from all gov’t entities involved successfully I might add, one must assume the rot is endemic to all and at every level.

Therefore given that this implicates all government department/ministries in this conspiracy, (who is this mystery senior ranking official?) no government employee may be involved in such an inquiry and also serve the best interests of Bahamians or maintain their trust.

The UK law enforcement must become involved, no more lies this time!

The indictment details that the officers involved said the senior gov’t official would receive $2M to facilitate this conspiracy for smuggling the upcoming drug shipment, not that he had received the monies.
This statement falls under the heading of those who feel the need/pressure to talk too much.

Oh for Pete’s sake! If it wasn’t for Dr Sands and the American judiciary we wouldn’t know what’s going on with this country’s governance at least not from our dear leader&co!

The cocaine, the firearms (and God knows what else) smuggling scandal aside, the kitchen of PMH has been out of commission for over 6 mos has been relocated to the college campus?
Davis&Co is obviously dribbling out money to maintain this ridiculous situation because they’ve been cheating Peter to pay Paul and haven’t the funds to pay the contractor, if this project even has one!
No money to pay to feed citizens nor livestock but millions available to pay bribes because no one expects Davis&Co to pay out from the billions they’ve made in illegal drugs and firearm smuggling while their victims pile up in the morgue and filling the ER of PMH.
And eating box meals…

Since 2021. Really how could anyone be surprised.

The American courts will ferret out the information, no investigation by a Davis&Co judiciary will ever be allowed to present such.

Which reminds me, with all hell breaking out in Haiti, over 200 killed last week and the US ‘ UN personnel leaving the capitol and country in drones, just what the heck are those 6 RBDF officers doing over there??

What nonsense is this? Too dark for a search?
The police got lots of vehicles with headlights no?
What about klieg lights, and outdoor spotlights used for outdoor events and generators to run them?!
There was a 12 year girl in those bushes held captive, the guy had no place to take her.
Come on, they hadn’t even acted on or noted the call!

And the suspect’s mental condition keeps them at bay?More likely his physical condition.

The bright bulbs have really screwed up- again, any evidence they claim is proven by the suspect’s physical condition is in jeopardy given that it opens the question who caused the injuries, the victim or police lunkheads?

What sort of patient is this suspect? A fellow who goes there for therapy and a drug protocol or an in-house patient? What was his supervised status?
Is he back in hospital, or was he beaten so severely by the police he had to go to hospital l?
And now the police want to give the impression they’re ‘Johnny on the spot’ because they exacted some sort of righteous justice on a suspect?
Doesn’t this sort of loutish behavior ruin cases?

And their big news (their only news) is they’ve got DNA (!) and when will it be sent off to wait months for a result since the RBPF will not spend the money needed to have it expedited.

If the police had started their investigation the day her Mother reported her missing Adriel might be at home right now.
Shame

"the commissioner has taken the position that we will immediately take the position now to send out a MARCO Alert once the alert as been reported to the police"

Fernandez' new "position" of immediate response is already the law in the Bahamas under the Child Protection Act! Action must be taken within 24 hours!

He and Dames claiming the MARCO alert has not been delayed is an insult to all those in the Bahamas concerned with the safety and care of children, worse is Dames' passing the blame onto parents.
Yes Adrial's Mother delayed reporting her missing by about 12 hours to the police, but how does this exonerate the police in their delayed response, stop them from doing their job?

They did waste time, it took over 24 hours past the time of the Mum's report to issue an alert which strangely co-incides with the time of the discovery of her body.

The delayed alert aside, one cannot be faulted for doubting if any police investigation had even begun by the Wednesday when her body was discovered.

For one thing her Minister who was concerned for her safety took it upon himself to search and question those along her route to school about 12 hours after the police were alerted.
And if an investigation HAD been underway any calls alerting the police to witnesses who had likely witnessed her abduction would be of interest-correct?

Then there are the events of Wednesday evening 48 hours after she'd last been seen.
So are they lying in an attempt to obsfucate the time of her death to excuse their delay?
And how could they have started an investigation rewithin that previous 24 hours if her body was discovered on the exact route said investigation should have already searched?

This country has laws to protect children, and a $$million blast system to alert every community, what it lacks is any sense of a human duty of care, the will to actively participate in the protection of it's children.

Another investigation that will not resolve the plain facts: when members of the public require and call for police assistance they do not receive it. I know this from personal experience.

What nonsense! Dr Minnis is exactly right.
How could Davis&Co send Bahamians into a war torn country and declare that they are not in harm’s way?
As for Mitchell’s ridiculous explanation for the fact that RBDF has officers to organize Haitian migrants once they’ve arrived in Haiti? The Bahamas gov’t doesn’t show that much care for them when they’re in this country let alone after they’ve been repatriated!

And even the Kenyans have had little success, not surprising since they number 400 against 200 gangs with up to 15,000 members.Their mission is reportedly short on equipment and money.
The Kenyan officer in charge, a former director of police in Kenya who’s served in other peacekeeping roles said he was surprised that gangs operated in broad daylight killing with impunity.
But hey no worries,
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/09/us/k…