Dames now says COVID restrictions ‘probably’ had an impact on crime Marvin Dames.
Minister of National Security Marvin Dames admitted that COVID-19 restrictions “probably did” have an impact on crime in The Bahamas.
“If you look at the trends from last year, especially in the United States, for example, where you had the same situations, shootings and murders are up and that’s a global trend,” Dames told
The Nassau Guardian.
“But, we reversed that trend. Now, we can argue back and forth on whether some of the lockdowns and the adjustments had an impact on crime. It may have. I beg to say it probably did.
Dames: Murder spates not unusual
Minister of National Security Marvin Dames said yesterday some of the six murders that took place in the first week of the new year were domestic-related.
“You’re going to see from time to time periods where you have incidents of crime or you may have a spate [where] today you have a murder, tomorrow you have a murder,” Dames told reporters.
“The police are learning from those experiences in terms of, ‘how do you adjust your enforcement strategies?’”
He continued, “Although I would say that of those matters over the last few days, you had quite a number of them that were domestic-related. And so, we know that we have to work in that area.”