The Bermuda Police Service wishes to clarify erroneous information recently published, suggesting the Southside Police Station was closed as a result of a police officer being diagnosed with Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

An officer was diagnosed with COVID-19. However, the officer’s last working day with the BPS was on March 11th.

That officer then proceeded on a period of leave.

The officer did not show symptoms and was not diagnosed with COVID-19, until fifteen days after leaving the service.

Resources were shifted at the Southside Police Station and staff from Central Division were brought in.

The facility is not manned on a twenty four hour basis and was sanitised during regular hours of closure between the hours of 8:00pm and 8:00am.

At no time was the South Side Police Station closed as a result of an officer being diagnosed with COVID-19.