Bermuda police officer investigated for child porn download.
HAMILTON, Bermuda: The Bermuda Police Service is reportedly investigating one of
its own for allegedly using a police computer to download pornographic
material. The officer, according to the Bermuda evening news, is believed to be
a constable on a work permit, who was discovered with a quantity of printed
pornographic images of children he had downloaded from the Internet. The paper
quoted a police spokesperson, Mr. Robin Simmons, as saying, "An investigation is
underway into the inappropriate use of a Police computer and an officer is
assisting with that investigation."
He could not say whether
the Police Service had a formal policy on the use of the Internet. There are no
laws in Bermuda against downloading any kind of pornography from the Internet,
unlike in Britain where it carries a prison term. But downloaded material, which
is then printed, would probably qualify as obscene under the Obscene
Publications Act and be subject to prosecution.
http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/2003/10/22/porn.htm
Officer appears in Court:
Detective Constable
Clifford Stanley Roberts, 32, of Headquarters Hill, Devonshire, appeared
in Magistrates' Court in connection with
drug-related charges going
back to 1999
to
include conspiring to import drugs into Bermuda. The
story appears in the
Royal Gazette.
No jobs for the boys: just when you
thought things couldn't get any worse ! Three officers are suspended, or
are they? Are they to be suspended without reason, or are have they been
misinformed by the 'service'. No matter how you look at it, the
communications sucks and incompetence abounds. For more read:
To be , or
not to be ...
Police moral: now its the shift
system that's causing a problem; officers want to work less days but longer
hours. And why not? You've gone to work so, having resigned yourself
to working with incompetent and ignorant colleagues, make the shift as long as
possible. If you have to work 40 hours a week, then why not do four days
at 10 hours rather than 5 days at 8 hours; one less trip to and from the station
each week, one less shift to prepare for and one less journey during which to
suffer apprehension and question why you put yourself through it. For more
read:
Shift system making Police morale ‘intolerable’
Funding a drug habit: Did the Bermuda police really
provide an officer $40,000 to spend on cocaine? Read more here:
Senior
Officer Loan
Police Web Site
where is it? Due to be up and running by the end of March 2002, it has
gone the way of many a Bermuda Police project .... initial enthusiasm becomes
lethargy - up to their usual standards, when the site should be up and running
is anyone's guess. . Read more here:
Bermuda Police Domain
Bermudapolice.com in print: This site receives a mention for its
'excellence' in the UK's foremost internet publication. Read more here:
Practical Internet.
Jobs for the boys - if you can't
beat them, join them ... allegations of assisting drug importers abound and it's
left to the islands constabulary to interview and arrest their own.
Read more here:
Allegations.
Tape Recording suspects - past its
'sell by date' also, the constabulary appears to have neither the knowledge or
the know-how. The police could hardly be accused of showing concern about
the abuse of human rights, so the situation will come as no surprise to many.
Read more here: Bermuda Police Recording
The professionals are called in to the
island. Read more here: Scotland Yard Detectives arrive
Bermuda laws go on-line: Read
more here:
Bermuda Laws.
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