Bahamas National Security Minister Tommy Turnquest publicly stated that the crooked cops who leaked gruesome crime scene photos had been “dealt with”, but Police Commissioner Greenslade says they haven’t.
Greenslade, appearing on a radio talk show, says that the corrupt cops who were responsible for emailing the graphic crime scene photos of Nellie Mae Brown-Cox will “soon have to face decision day.”
That would be interpreted as having not been punished.
Brown, 42, the former president of the Bahamas Heart Association, was brutally murdered earlier this year. Her body was found in an apartment complex on Bougainvillea Boulevard, South Beach.
In the midst of the investigation, the police report into her death surfaced online.
In a Tribune article dated June 15, 2011, Lamech Johnson reported that:
“Following a letter from Bishop Simeon Hall, of New Covenant Baptist Church, to the head of police and copies to the attorney general and National Security Minister regarding the incident, the Minister confirmed in an interview that it was dealt with.
“Minister Tommy Turnquest acknowledged the letter and said: ‘I know that an investigation was done by the police. They were able to determine the leak and they took action as a result of that. I’m not prepared to say anymore than that at this stage.'”
Attempts to contact Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade for further information were made at the time , but were unsuccessful.
Now, in direct contradiction to Mr Turnquest’s comments, Mr Greenslade told the radio audience that the file pertaining to the investigation is “on my desk being” and still being reviewed.
He said he is “almost ready” to make a decision on the investigation.
Police officers who are found to be in breach of protocols, or even those that break the law, rarely get disciplined and almost never get dismissed from the force.
