Bahamas Police Officer Number 154

Rick Lowe

We got back from a fabulous weekend in Marsh Harbour, Abaco last night and I went for the car while my wife waited for the bags.

After collecting the car, I circled around to pick the wife up. Unfortunately the bags were delayed so I pulled in behind four or five cars obviously waiting to do the same thing.

After two or three minutes, officer 154 of the Royal Bahamas Police Force moseys up to tell me to move along.

Of course I immediately pointed out that I had just arrived and met the four or five vehicles ahead of me there.

Officer 154 then proceeds to ask which planet I was from, at which point I advised him I was from the same planet he was from as we were here on New Providence at the airport.

Officer 154 then suggested I was arguing with him to which I protested that I was only asking him if he allowed the four or five cars to wait there, not arguing.

Officer 154 then called out to another officer to ask her for the ticket book to write me up.

Officer 154 returned to the side of my vehicle to ask for my drivers license as he was going to give me a traffic violation.

Not to be out done, I suggested he could do so, but he should consider the cars waiting in front of me as well.

Just then the driver of the car immediately in front of me came out of the airport to get into his vehicle without so much as a caution from officer 154.

Officer 154 never handed me a ticket so I assume his conscience got the best of him.

However, I am a firm believer that one should follow the law as long as everyone else is made to do so. If a Police Officer can have double standards, so can I!

As I drove away to circle around I shouted out to officer 154 that I would let the Commissioner of Police know about my experience.

If you know our new Commissioner Greenslade, please pass this along.