gang-intervention

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4dc7e73	When I was reaching out to those young men through Strachan's Corner, nobody told me what to do, I was doing it from my heart. I did what I thought was best rather than giving those youngsters a police record, I tried to prevent it by letting them know if you commit crime you are going to get yourself in trouble. Then you will be confined to the Bahamas for the rest of your life, and will not see that great big world out there. Supt. Allerdyce Strachan, the first female officer to rise to the rank of superintendent on the Royal Bahamas Police Force.	committing-crime criminal-record from-the-heart police-record the-bahamas youth-outreach caring-police-officers police-intervention police-outreach police-programs crime-prevention gang-intervention rebellion-raiders community-policing law-enforcement	Drexel Deal
11be815	Through all of those different wars, we came to understand each other. The Mason's fellas just wanted to chill in their area and be left alone. The Border Boys basically wanted the same thing. Stinky and Robert just wanted to be able to sell their drugs and make their money. But us, we were on a mission to take over the whole town. Scrooge, former leader of the Rebellion Raiders street gang that once boasted of having some ten thousand members	money war aggression ambitious gang-communities on-a-mission take-over understanding-each-other street-fights thug-life conflicts gang-life gang-wars gang-addiction turf-wars violence-addiction gang-intervention gang-members rebellion-raiders street-life conflict-resolution mission understand fighting drugs	Drexel Deal
057f219	Giving these lil' fellas a gun was important to keep the name of the Rebellions strong, because whenever the name drops, it's only a matter of time before someone kicks your door in. Scrooge, former leader of the Rebellion Raiders street gang that once boasted of having some ten thousand members	trust brand-name carrying-weapons forward-thinking gang-addiction gang-leaders gang-pride position-to-win protecting-your-name ready-for-action reliable school-gangs turf-wars violence-addiction gang-intervention gang-members rebellion-raiders community-policing ready reputation support strong strategy protection	Drexel Deal
456bb5f	The good part about these areas that we were taking over, was that all of them had parks where a lot of guys were just hanging out playing basketball. So I used those parks to make a good first impression with my gun, then I followed up with a speech presentation. At the end of the day, we were able to win over the entire park, and eventually their community..... It was as if these fellas from different areas were just waiting for this, because no one else was going around to them. No one else was telling them that they were needed, only us. Scrooge, former leader of the Rebellion Raiders street gang that once boasted of having some ten thousand members	community-parks gang-recruitment hand-gun increase massive-growth play-ground reaching-the-youth reaching-young-people speech-presentation taking-over-the-world youth-crusade youth-involvement youth-ministry feeling-needed hanging-out youth-outreach feeling-wanted police-outreach crime-prevention gang-intervention rebellion-raiders community-policing youth-clubs first-impression	Drexel Deal
062ff0e	Joining a gang is like sky diving without a parachute. Oh, at first it's all fun, as you take on gravity in a thrilling and exhilarating free fall towards earth. The truth is, anything that is risky and dangerous always starts out as fun. But the odds are always stacked in gravity's favor, for you will eventually come face to face with the earth, and mother earth always wins those battles. The same thing can be said about being in a gang.	fun church-youth-group early-death exhilarating free-fall gang-involvement joy-ride parachute risky-behaviors sky-diving thrilling youngsters thug-life joining-a-gang end-result at-risk-communities at-risk-youth crime-prevention gang-intervention gang-members community-policing youth-clubs youth-programs mother-earth consequence street-life risk-taking excitement dangerous	Drexel Deal
b755b91	One day I was through Strachan's Corner just hanging out, and they must have picked up Scrooge earlier for a pep talk, so they were now dropping him back home in one of their police vehicle. Supt. Strachan was in the back seat talking with him, while a male officer was driving. So I asked her, what were some of the things you used to say to Scrooge? I used to tell him it is not worth it, You are hurting people. You are only going to end up in jail for the rest of your life, or you are going to end up in the grave. I knew that he was listening to me. I would talk to him and encourage him. My other colleagues used to say I was soft on crime because of what I was doing, but I could be tuff. I am a mother of two sons; just ask my sons how tuff I can be. If I feel that I have done the best that I can, and cannot do no more than that is it. This was what I was telling those kids down there. I told them if you do not change, you are going to die. Sad to say, that is what happened to some of them eventually. The best came out of you and others in another way. Supt. Allerdyce Strachan, the first female officer to rise to the rank of superintendent on the Royal Bahamas Police Force.	change going-to-die not-worth-it the-grave gangsters caring-cops good-cops police-outreach reaching-gang-members woman-police crime-prevention gang-intervention gang-members rebellion-raiders community-policing turn-around toughness law-enforcement encouragement	Drexel Deal
bdbf494	When I look at it carefully, by examining the interviews and the various social scientists' studies, it becomes easy for me to see that we all were just rebelling. Regardless of the area we grew up in or the gang we were affiliated with, or which part of the Western world we found ourselves in, we all were rebelling. We were rebelling and crying out for our fathers. We were rebelling against the home conditions that existed in our communities. We needed our fathers, but above all we wanted to be loved and accepted by them. Since we couldn't find it at home and in our respective communities, we created it for ourselves.	love black-community rebelling strong-communities social-ills at-risk-communities gang-intervention rebellion-raiders fatherless-homes single-mothers interviews broken-homes root-causes gangs	Drexel Deal
9ae6993	The older guys in the neighborhood were our father figures. Even though they were doing foolishness we looked up to them, and they looked out for us. When we would be out playing and it was getting dark, they would tell us now don't be out here too late, because you know that freaks does come out at night. Anthony 'Ada' Allen, one of the former leaders and founders of the Rebellion Raiders	bad-boys father-figures look-out rough-neighborhoods social-ills gang-leaders at-risk-communities at-risk-youth gang-intervention gang-members rebellion-raiders fatherless-homes single-mothers	Drexel Deal
006cb1b	The majority of us were from single parent family homes. You could have counted the fellas on your fingers that had a mummy and a daddy at home. Anthony 'Ada' Allen, one of the former leaders and founders of the Rebellion Raiders	gangsters social-ills youth-outreach gang-prevention at-risk-communities at-risk-youth gang-intervention gang-members rebellion-raiders single-parents dead-beat-dads fatherless-homes single-mothers youth-programs law-enforcement	Drexel Deal
dfe88dc	I would hear them say on the radio, that we need to hang them once they have been convicted for murder. I don't think that some of them should have ever reached that stage. If we had prevented them from going on death row, it would not be a discussion about hanging them. Supt. Allerdyce Strachan, the first female officer to rise to the rank of superintendent on the Royal Bahamas Police Force. Hanging, death-row-inmates, crime prevention, gang intervention, talk shows, youth outreach, youth programs, convicted murderers, community policing, law enforcement, gang prevention, community outreach, at-risk-youth, police officers, convicted-for-murder, Rebellion Raiders, I would hear them say on the radio, that we need to hang them once they have been convicted for murder. I don't think that some of them should have ever reached that stage. If we had prevented them from going on death row, it would not be a discussion about hanging them. Supt. Allerdyce Strachan, the first female officer to rise to the rank of superintendent on the Royal Bahamas Police Force.	trouble-youth community-outreach convicted-for-murder convicted-murderers death-row-inmates police-officers talk-shows youth-outreach gang-prevention at-risk-youth crime-prevention gang-intervention rebellion-raiders community-policing youth-programs hanging law-enforcement	Drexel Deal
6d1c907	I would hear them say on the radio, that we need to hang them once they have been convicted for murder. I don't think that some of them should have ever reached that stage. If we had prevented them from going on death row, it would not be a discussion about hanging them. Supt. Allerdyce Strachan, the first female officer to rise to the rank of superintendent on the Royal Bahamas Police Force.	community-outreach convicted-for-murder convicted-murderers death-row-inmates police-officers talk-shows youth-outreach gang-prevention at-risk-youth crime-prevention gang-intervention rebellion-raiders community-policing youth-programs hanging law-enforcement	Drexel Deal
7c63227	There were times in meeting I was called a baby sitter, a social worker by my colleagues. Now that we have a different leader, he looks at it the way I look at it, and he supported me in what I was doing. There were times he saw me crying, and he would comfort me and say that's okay. Commissioner Paul Farquharson was one of my biggest supporters. It used to hurt me, because I was trying to help somebody and they say I was babysitting. Don't tell me I am babysitting, now that I have retired now I am babysitting. So not because I was trying to reach out and work with those children, don't say I was babysitting them. I work the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for 22 years and I was rough in CID. I realize CID was the end result, because whenever you get to that stage you are almost finished. It is in line with the broken window theory, if you can save those youngsters before they start committing those big offenses, then they wouldn't reach CID. Crime prevention was a part of my job, I believe in going out there and trying to prevent that youngster from committing crime. He should respect other people's property. Supt. Allerdyce Strachan, the first female officer to rise to the rank of superintendent on the Royal Bahamas Police Force.	baby-sitting big-offenses biggest-supporters broken-window-theory caring-police-officers colleagues commissioner-of-police crime-detection criminal-investigation end-result good-police-officers help-somebody my-job other-people-s-property police-community reach-someone social-worker working-with-children caring-cops good-cops helping-people police-intervention police-outreach police-superintendent at-risk-communities at-risk-youth crime-prevention gang-intervention gang-members rebellion-raiders community-policing law-enforcement finish hurt crying	Drexel Deal
c64da67	"I asked, "When the Rebellions were at its peak doing nonsense, everyone was trying to keep away from the area, yet you were going in, why were you going into that area? Supt. Strachan answered quite frankly, Because I was not afraid. I felt like they are my people, they are my color. I don't know of anyone born after me that I should be afraid of, that was how I felt. I knew I could've walk through Strachan's Corner, sit down and felt at home, and their parents also accepted me. I came to the conclusion; these kids just need someone to show them some attention. They just wanted to belong, that was what a lot of them were looking for. So I said to myself, if I could assist them I would, and that was what I did. Supt. Allerdyce Strachan, the first female officer to rise to the rank of superintendent on the Royal Bahamas Police Force."	youth caring-cops caring-person clubs doing-good feeling-wanted good-cops helping-people love-of-country my-color my-kind my-people no-child-left-behind not-afraid not-giving-up parents-acceptance police-intervention police-outreach police-programs police-relations police-superintendent reaching-gang-members sense-of-belonging showing-love touching-lives wanting-to-belong woman-police at-risk-communities at-risk-youth crime-prevention gang-intervention gang-members rebellion-raiders community-policing youth-programs attention love-in-action law-enforcement nonsense feeling-at-home	Drexel Deal
98e49ea	The leaders at that time believed so much in protecting the name and the reputation of the gang, that I along with one or two other individuals who were still in school who were trusted, responsible, and ready were given weapons to take to school to make sure that if anything arises, the matter would be dealt with properly. They made sure that even if their presence were not there during a fight, we were in a position to properly defend ourselves. Troit Lynes, former death row inmate of Her Majesty Prison	trust brand-name carrying-weapons forward-thinking gang-addiction gang-leaders gang-pride position-to-win protecting-your-name ready-for-action reliable school-gangs turf-wars violence-addiction gang-intervention gang-members rebellion-raiders community-policing ready reputation support strong strategy protection	Drexel Deal
5bfdff8	90% of us came from single-parent homes who were in the gang. There was just a small 10% who had a mother and a father in the home. For a lot of us, we did not had that father or authority figure who could have intervened on our behalf. Where we could have said, 'You know, daddy, Johnny tried to rob me or Johnny just slapped me', and our father could have either taken us to the police station, or went to school with us to address the issue. So we had to defend for ourselves. Shelton 'Apples' Burrows reform gang leader	at-risk-communities at-risk-youth authority-figure crime-prevention father-figure gang-intervention gang-members police-station rebellion-raiders single-parents fatherless-homes single-mothers self-defense	Drexel Deal

4dc7e73

When I was reaching out to those young men through Strachan's Corner, nobody told me what to do, I was doing it from my heart. I did what I thought was best rather than giving those youngsters a police record, I tried to prevent it by letting them know if you commit crime you are going to get yourself in trouble. Then you will be confined to the Bahamas for the rest of your life, and will not see that great big world out there. Supt. Allerdyce Strachan, the first female officer to rise to the rank of superintendent on the Royal Bahamas Police Force.

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Drexel Deal

11be815

Through all of those different wars, we came to understand each other. The Mason's fellas just wanted to chill in their area and be left alone. The Border Boys basically wanted the same thing. Stinky and Robert just wanted to be able to sell their drugs and make their money. But us, we were on a mission to take over the whole town. Scrooge, former leader of the Rebellion Raiders street gang that once boasted of having some ten thousand members

money war aggression ambitious gang-communities on-a-mission take-over understanding-each-other street-fights thug-life conflicts gang-life gang-wars gang-addiction turf-wars violence-addiction gang-intervention gang-members rebellion-raiders street-life conflict-resolution mission understand fighting drugs

Drexel Deal

057f219

Giving these lil' fellas a gun was important to keep the name of the Rebellions strong, because whenever the name drops, it's only a matter of time before someone kicks your door in. Scrooge, former leader of the Rebellion Raiders street gang that once boasted of having some ten thousand members

trust brand-name carrying-weapons forward-thinking gang-addiction gang-leaders gang-pride position-to-win protecting-your-name ready-for-action reliable school-gangs turf-wars violence-addiction gang-intervention gang-members rebellion-raiders community-policing ready reputation support strong strategy protection

Drexel Deal

456bb5f

The good part about these areas that we were taking over, was that all of them had parks where a lot of guys were just hanging out playing basketball. So I used those parks to make a good first impression with my gun, then I followed up with a speech presentation. At the end of the day, we were able to win over the entire park, and eventually their community..... It was as if these fellas from different areas were just waiting for this, because no one else was going around to them. No one else was telling them that they were needed, only us. Scrooge, former leader of the Rebellion Raiders street gang that once boasted of having some ten thousand members

community-parks gang-recruitment hand-gun increase massive-growth play-ground reaching-the-youth reaching-young-people speech-presentation taking-over-the-world youth-crusade youth-involvement youth-ministry feeling-needed hanging-out youth-outreach feeling-wanted police-outreach crime-prevention gang-intervention rebellion-raiders community-policing youth-clubs first-impression

Drexel Deal

062ff0e

Joining a gang is like sky diving without a parachute. Oh, at first it's all fun, as you take on gravity in a thrilling and exhilarating free fall towards earth. The truth is, anything that is risky and dangerous always starts out as fun. But the odds are always stacked in gravity's favor, for you will eventually come face to face with the earth, and mother earth always wins those battles. The same thing can be said about being in a gang.

fun church-youth-group early-death exhilarating free-fall gang-involvement joy-ride parachute risky-behaviors sky-diving thrilling youngsters thug-life joining-a-gang end-result at-risk-communities at-risk-youth crime-prevention gang-intervention gang-members community-policing youth-clubs youth-programs mother-earth consequence street-life risk-taking excitement dangerous

Drexel Deal

b755b91

One day I was through Strachan's Corner just hanging out, and they must have picked up Scrooge earlier for a pep talk, so they were now dropping him back home in one of their police vehicle. Supt. Strachan was in the back seat talking with him, while a male officer was driving. So I asked her, what were some of the things you used to say to Scrooge? I used to tell him it is not worth it, You are hurting people. You are only going to end up in jail for the rest of your life, or you are going to end up in the grave. I knew that he was listening to me. I would talk to him and encourage him. My other colleagues used to say I was soft on crime because of what I was doing, but I could be tuff. I am a mother of two sons; just ask my sons how tuff I can be. If I feel that I have done the best that I can, and cannot do no more than that is it. This was what I was telling those kids down there. I told them if you do not change, you are going to die. Sad to say, that is what happened to some of them eventually. The best came out of you and others in another way. Supt. Allerdyce Strachan, the first female officer to rise to the rank of superintendent on the Royal Bahamas Police Force.

change going-to-die not-worth-it the-grave gangsters caring-cops good-cops police-outreach reaching-gang-members woman-police crime-prevention gang-intervention gang-members rebellion-raiders community-policing turn-around toughness law-enforcement encouragement

Drexel Deal

bdbf494

When I look at it carefully, by examining the interviews and the various social scientists' studies, it becomes easy for me to see that we all were just rebelling. Regardless of the area we grew up in or the gang we were affiliated with, or which part of the Western world we found ourselves in, we all were rebelling. We were rebelling and crying out for our fathers. We were rebelling against the home conditions that existed in our communities. We needed our fathers, but above all we wanted to be loved and accepted by them. Since we couldn't find it at home and in our respective communities, we created it for ourselves.

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Drexel Deal

9ae6993

The older guys in the neighborhood were our father figures. Even though they were doing foolishness we looked up to them, and they looked out for us. When we would be out playing and it was getting dark, they would tell us now don't be out here too late, because you know that freaks does come out at night. Anthony 'Ada' Allen, one of the former leaders and founders of the Rebellion Raiders

bad-boys father-figures look-out rough-neighborhoods social-ills gang-leaders at-risk-communities at-risk-youth gang-intervention gang-members rebellion-raiders fatherless-homes single-mothers

Drexel Deal

006cb1b

The majority of us were from single parent family homes. You could have counted the fellas on your fingers that had a mummy and a daddy at home. Anthony 'Ada' Allen, one of the former leaders and founders of the Rebellion Raiders

gangsters social-ills youth-outreach gang-prevention at-risk-communities at-risk-youth gang-intervention gang-members rebellion-raiders single-parents dead-beat-dads fatherless-homes single-mothers youth-programs law-enforcement

Drexel Deal

dfe88dc

I would hear them say on the radio, that we need to hang them once they have been convicted for murder. I don't think that some of them should have ever reached that stage. If we had prevented them from going on death row, it would not be a discussion about hanging them. Supt. Allerdyce Strachan, the first female officer to rise to the rank of superintendent on the Royal Bahamas Police Force. Hanging, death-row-inmates, crime prevention, gang intervention, talk shows, youth outreach, youth programs, convicted murderers, community policing, law enforcement, gang prevention, community outreach, at-risk-youth, police officers, convicted-for-murder, Rebellion Raiders, I would hear them say on the radio, that we need to hang them once they have been convicted for murder. I don't think that some of them should have ever reached that stage. If we had prevented them from going on death row, it would not be a discussion about hanging them. Supt. Allerdyce Strachan, the first female officer to rise to the rank of superintendent on the Royal Bahamas Police Force.

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Drexel Deal

6d1c907

I would hear them say on the radio, that we need to hang them once they have been convicted for murder. I don't think that some of them should have ever reached that stage. If we had prevented them from going on death row, it would not be a discussion about hanging them. Supt. Allerdyce Strachan, the first female officer to rise to the rank of superintendent on the Royal Bahamas Police Force.

community-outreach convicted-for-murder convicted-murderers death-row-inmates police-officers talk-shows youth-outreach gang-prevention at-risk-youth crime-prevention gang-intervention rebellion-raiders community-policing youth-programs hanging law-enforcement

Drexel Deal

7c63227

There were times in meeting I was called a baby sitter, a social worker by my colleagues. Now that we have a different leader, he looks at it the way I look at it, and he supported me in what I was doing. There were times he saw me crying, and he would comfort me and say that's okay. Commissioner Paul Farquharson was one of my biggest supporters. It used to hurt me, because I was trying to help somebody and they say I was babysitting. Don't tell me I am babysitting, now that I have retired now I am babysitting. So not because I was trying to reach out and work with those children, don't say I was babysitting them. I work the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for 22 years and I was rough in CID. I realize CID was the end result, because whenever you get to that stage you are almost finished. It is in line with the broken window theory, if you can save those youngsters before they start committing those big offenses, then they wouldn't reach CID. Crime prevention was a part of my job, I believe in going out there and trying to prevent that youngster from committing crime. He should respect other people's property. Supt. Allerdyce Strachan, the first female officer to rise to the rank of superintendent on the Royal Bahamas Police Force.

baby-sitting big-offenses biggest-supporters broken-window-theory caring-police-officers colleagues commissioner-of-police crime-detection criminal-investigation end-result good-police-officers help-somebody my-job other-people-s-property police-community reach-someone social-worker working-with-children caring-cops good-cops helping-people police-intervention police-outreach police-superintendent at-risk-communities at-risk-youth crime-prevention gang-intervention gang-members rebellion-raiders community-policing law-enforcement finish hurt crying

Drexel Deal

c64da67

"I asked, "When the Rebellions were at its peak doing nonsense, everyone was trying to keep away from the area, yet you were going in, why were you going into that area? Supt. Strachan answered quite frankly, Because I was not afraid. I felt like they are my people, they are my color. I don't know of anyone born after me that I should be afraid of, that was how I felt. I knew I could've walk through Strachan's Corner, sit down and felt at home, and their parents also accepted me. I came to the conclusion; these kids just need someone to show them some attention. They just wanted to belong, that was what a lot of them were looking for. So I said to myself, if I could assist them I would, and that was what I did. Supt. Allerdyce Strachan, the first female officer to rise to the rank of superintendent on the Royal Bahamas Police Force."

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Drexel Deal

98e49ea

The leaders at that time believed so much in protecting the name and the reputation of the gang, that I along with one or two other individuals who were still in school who were trusted, responsible, and ready were given weapons to take to school to make sure that if anything arises, the matter would be dealt with properly. They made sure that even if their presence were not there during a fight, we were in a position to properly defend ourselves. Troit Lynes, former death row inmate of Her Majesty Prison

trust brand-name carrying-weapons forward-thinking gang-addiction gang-leaders gang-pride position-to-win protecting-your-name ready-for-action reliable school-gangs turf-wars violence-addiction gang-intervention gang-members rebellion-raiders community-policing ready reputation support strong strategy protection

Drexel Deal

5bfdff8

90% of us came from single-parent homes who were in the gang. There was just a small 10% who had a mother and a father in the home. For a lot of us, we did not had that father or authority figure who could have intervened on our behalf. Where we could have said, 'You know, daddy, Johnny tried to rob me or Johnny just slapped me', and our father could have either taken us to the police station, or went to school with us to address the issue. So we had to defend for ourselves. Shelton 'Apples' Burrows reform gang leader

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Drexel Deal