ALTHOUGH Bahamas Power and Light chairman Donovan Moxey has proclaimed safety concerns are a reason the power company does not preemptively release load shedding schedules, Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson yesterday declined to verify the claim. Mr Moxey claimed when schedules were published in the past, there tended to be a “spike in criminal activities” in those areas.

Meanwhile, National Security Minister Marvin Dames dodged direct questions on this claim, eventually saying he had no information about the “BPL situation”. However, he noted blackouts are a “real concern for law enforcement”.

Mr Dames added if officers are “pre-warned” of a blackout, police indeed “shift their resources as needed and where necessary”.

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