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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
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