A group of officers from the Royal Bahamas Police Force are demanding a forensic audit of all the Force’s financial accounts.<\/p>\n
The officers believe that senior cops have been abusing the accounts. There have been numerous instances of funds that have gone missing or have been misappropriated.<\/p>\n
One account in particluar, the Senior Officers Mess Fund, has been used as a slush fund by a select few corrupt officers.<\/p>\n
After being told by senior officers that the fund did not exist, a local newspaper discovered that it not only existed but had over $100,000 in it 2009.<\/p>\n
The acount at Scotiabank has since been closed.<\/p>\n
It is also suspected that purchase orders have been doctored.<\/p>\n
“For instance, if the Force needs to order $50,000 worth of headlights for squad cars, we would be directed to place that order with a particular company and at the end of the day, only $20,000 worth of lights would arrive,” a source on the force told the Tribune.<\/p>\n
Corruption is endemic in the Bahamas Police Force and contributes greatly to the crime and lawlessness in The Bahamas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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