#Former Commissioner of Police Bernard Kenneth Bonamy “heeded the call to national service and stood strong and dedicated, guided by that call to the very end,” Deputy Prime Minister Philip Davis said.

#During a Memorial Service for Mr Bonimy yesterday, the Deputy Prime Minister said the Bahamas lost a “true soldier” on February 22. Mr Bonamy was 67.  Mr Davis described the former commissioner as ambitious, courageous, disciplined, strong, visionary, inventive, creative and imaginative.

#He added that Mr Bonimy held true to his native Cat Island roots, “with what many described as an indomitable spirit that drove him to the zenith of his career”.  “BK, as we affectionately called him, was a policeman’s policeman.  “He was the lawman who not only upheld the law, but he knew the law.”

#Mr Davis said Mr Bonimy’s zeal for education fuelled his determination to study the law, taking his LLB degree in 1978.  “His quiet, humble, debonair Bahamian spirit was clearly evident. “He was a soldier, not just in the military sense, but a real Bahamian soldier – proud to be a part of our Bahamaland and proud to represent the same all over the world.”

#He also noted that Mr Bonamy ate, slept and lived law enforcement.

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