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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
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
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
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
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