Bahamas Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade must live on another planet.
Last week, he said he is “distressed and bothered” when members of the public display a lack of faith in the integrity of police as it relates to ongoing investigations.
This from a man who heads an organization that is corrupt to the core and provides two classes of justice; one for the “haves” and the other for the “have nots”.
Greenslade’s made the comment when asked by The Nassau Guardian why no one had yet been charged in connection with the murder of 11-year-old Marco Archer.
Marco’s murderer is rumoured to be the gay lover of a senior police officer who allegedly has meddled before in legal affairs to the benefit of the accused.
Little Marco Archer’s body was found on September 28 in bushes behind an apartment complex on Yorkshire Drive in Cable Beach, five days after he was reported missing. The sixth-grade student went missing in the Brougham Street area on September 23.
“I am very concerned when the public second-guesses us,” Greenslade said.
“We are a professional organization and the vast majority of our people are decent, hard-working officers. I have always said this. They are very competent and very capable and I simply ask that we be allowed to do our jobs.”
While the vast majority of police officers may be decent and hard-working, that leaves a large percentage who aren’t.
There is hardly ever a week that passes without a police officer being accused of robbery, rape, assault, abuse or some other criminal activity. yet, with hundreds of complaints and investigations, you could count on one hand the number of police officers who have been sent to jail in the last ten years.
Greenslade said that in the Marco Archer case and all other open investigations, he will follow the letter of the law.
“We’re going to have to do some work… and I hope that I can come back to you soon with that,” said Greenslade in reference to the investigation into the boy’s murder.
“I do not want us convicting innocent members of the public. I want us to allow the law to work.”
And so do we, Mr Greenslade.
