Parents In Action Group (Abaco)

How they came to be?

Prior to 1973, The Bahamas government‟s only legislated law enforcement branch was the Royal Bahamas Police Force. Formed in 1840, two years following the abolition of slavery, the law enforcement efforts of the Royal Bahamas Police Force were primarily land-based until 1958. It was during that year when the organization received their first boat, The Sea Lion, and was able to perform limited harbour patrol duties. Until Independence, sporadic patrols were performed by units of the Royal Navy.