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FAKE drug labs and sham bribery offers could be used to catch Australian Federal Police officers suspected of corruption, under police plans to introduce integrity tests.
Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor said yesterday he planned to discuss the proposals early next month with incoming commissioner Tony Negus.
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The Freeport News - Bahamas
14 January 2009
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Bahamas: Families for Justice
The Families For Justice organization is calling on the Commissioner of Police to tackle corruption within the Force.
During a press conference yesterday afternoon, Rev. Glenroy Bethel, head of Families for Justice, also suggested that two Grand Bahama police officers recently charged before the courts on criminal offences are being use as scapegoats "in a bigger picture" of corruption.
He said that the officers have maintained their innocence and they will remain innocent until proven otherwise.
"I believe that if the commissioner investigates this, they will come back to the public and clear these two officers," he said. "Hopefully the commissioner here can get to the bottom of it with an internal investigation."
Rev. Bethel, who is the father of one of the officers, said he believes in their innocence and it has nothing to do with family relations but rather the need for justice.
"If this was to happen to another officer in the future, I believe that the Families for Justice would support them as much as we can," he said.
The Families for Justice, Bethel explained, has conducted an investigation of its own and has found strong evidence to support claims of corruption within the Force.
"As the Royal Bahamas Police Force continues its efforts to stomp out police corruption in The Bahamas, the Families for Justice are making this plea to the Commissioner of Police Regional Ferguson and Senior Assistant Commis-sioner of Police Marvin Dames ... to open an internal investigation into the alleged corruption within the Royal Bahamas Police Force here in Grand Bahama," Bethel said.
He explained that he and Families for Justice would like to see three things done: firstly, to have a full investigation launched into the Drug Enforcement and Central Detective Units of the Force; secondly, to have justice done to the officers found guilty of corruption; and three "we demand proper police work."
"It is no secret that corruption is in the Royal Bahamas Police Force and I am concerned that the new recruits who enter the Royal Bahamas Police Force for a career and to serve our communities will find such corruption at a high level," stressed Bethel, adding that he had a private meeting with both the Commissioner and the Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police, at which time he relayed his concerns to and shared his findings with them.
He said that meeting was a success and the commissioner was very receptive to his ideas.
Police Constable Renardo Bethel and Corporal 2383 Deon Morris, both attached to the Port Lucaya Police Station, were hauled before a Freeport Magistrate to answer to multiple counts of firearm-related charges.
The presiding magistrate granted Morris bail in the amount of $16,000 with two sureties and Bethel in the amount of $6,000 with two sureties.
The men were ordered to surrender their travel documents and land papers in excess of the bail amount to the court and the matters were adjourned to May 4, 2009 for trial.
The officers have since been interdicted from duties on the Royal Bahamas Police Force.
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