{"id":59589,"date":"2014-04-09T08:54:30","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T12:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=59589"},"modified":"2014-04-09T09:18:26","modified_gmt":"2014-04-09T13:18:26","slug":"political-victimization-and-incompetence-in-the-police-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2014\/04\/political-victimization-and-incompetence-in-the-police-force","title":{"rendered":"Political Victimization and Incompetence in the Police Force"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Dennis
Dennis Dames<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I received a telephone call from my father today.\u00a0 He is a retired Assistant Superintendent (ASP) of the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF).\u00a0 He\u2019s very outraged about a Superintendent of that organization in the name of Stephanie Demeritte, escorting prisoners to court.\u00a0 He says that it is out of place and dead wrong; it\u2019s really a job for a Constable.<\/p>\n

My dad further stated that Superintendents are essentially executive officers on the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) – who in some cases, command hundreds of men and women.\u00a0 He said that it was also wrong to have had the late Superintendent Sands performing the same low ranking work.<\/p>\n

It is a shame to see Superintendent Demeritte, like the late Sands, waste away in a senior rank which is just below Assistant Commissioner.\u00a0 It is a reflection of an organization which appears to be in the evil grip of politicians, or plain old incompetence.\u00a0 The Commissioner of the Royal Bahamas Police Force should be embarrassed and ashamed every time he sees a senior commander of his force in the newspapers or on the evening news holding on to prisoners on their way to court.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a situation, according to my father \u2013 which no doubt is contributing to the low morale on the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF).\u00a0 Why would a competent Bahamian join an organization that has no respect for its executive rank?\u00a0 It means that it\u2019s possible for a Superintendent of police in The Bahamas to direct traffic, work on the fire truck, be a chauffeur et al – under the existing status quo.<\/p>\n

It is not a good reflection for the future of the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) in my opinion.\u00a0 We need to do better in our beloved country, if we expect better.\u00a0 Stop the political victimization and shallowness in The Bahamas; or like the late Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling (SLOP) use to say: What goes around comes around \u2013 my brother!<\/p>\n

Dennis Dames<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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