This section of our website is intended for you to keep in touch with all of your fellow colleagues who have served in the Bermuda Police. We started this column by putting all entries on one post but soon realized that it would stretch for far too long so we are doing it by each year - and this one is for 2026.
We welcome news, however brief, and would also encourage you to send us recent photos. Sadly we sometimes have to report "bad" news such as illnesses - or worse - but we are always delighted to receive positive news! We can be contacted through our email address at info@expobermuda.com or through the comments column at the bottom of each article, including this one.
We would love to hear from you and perhaps you can start the year by letting us know where you are these days and what youre doing. Unfortunately, our Comments section below each article is still giving us problems. but you can either write to us at the email address above (highlighted in blue), or through our ExPo Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/BDAExPolice/
4th January 2026
Young D.C. Colin Mackenzie
Colin Mackenzie Still Keeping Fit and Active - We’re starting the New Year with an update on our good friend Colin Mackenzie who served here from 1970 to 1979, working mainly in Special Branch, before he decided to make a move to Canada where he settled with his wife Laura. CLICK HERE to view Colin’s reminiscences in our “Then and Now” column. While here in Bermuda Colin kept fit playing rugby and was introduced to squash at our Prospect Police court - a game he still plays to this day!
While in Bermuda Colin got involved in community activities as a member of Hamilton Jaycees. One of his notable projects involved organising a very special boat cruise for handicapped children for which he enlisted the support and assistance of fellow policeman, Paul Wakefield, from Marine Section, who had access to a cruise boat for tourists down at Grotto Bay. The boat cruise took place on a beautiful Ocrober in 1975 and the only problem encountered was the children didn’t want to get off the boat when they retunred to the dock!
Colin and Laura are well settled in Peterborough and have two children and two grandchildren. An active member of Rotary in Peteborough, Colin is still involved in a variety of community activties, including collecting leftover food from the kitchen of the hotel where their Rotary meetigs are held, and delivering it to children’s homes and shelters, and recently collecting and distributing warm clothes donated by Rotary members for delivery to the needy at Christmas time.
Always a keep fit fanatic, Colin is still running around on the squash court and even trying out pickleball. In fact he recently was one of three squash players who received Squash Ontario’s 2024-2025 Outstanding Achievement Award for individuals who make a meaningful impact in growing the game of squash at the local and regional level through leadership, dedication and contribution to the sport of squash.
There was a time when some of our ExPo members who settled in Canada would hold occasional get togethers. One of these was held in August 2015 when the group below gathered in Peterborough. We would be delighted to hear from Jeff, Paul, Ian and Paddy.
Paul sends best wishes for a Happy and Healthy New Year to his old colleagues.