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05-23-2005, 04:01 PM
Bahamas Information Services
The Bahamas' success in its urban renewal programme was featured prominently in the news magazine of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, The Gazette.
Entitled 'Royal Bahamas Police target urban renewal', the article took an in-depth look at the programme which won the International Chiefs of Police award last November.
For ASP Stephen Dean, co-ordinator of the pioneering Farm Road Urban Renewal Programme, being featured by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is "a big deal."
"It means that the world is watching us," he said.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is the Canadian national police service and an agency of the Ministry of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada. The RCMP is unique in the world since it is a national, federal, provincial and municipal policing body. Giuliano Zaccardelli is Commissioner.
"The RCMP is one of the top police organisations in the world," said ASP Dean. "The Royal Bahamas Police Force has a long and fruitful relationship with them.
"Our officers have trained with them and we have conducted cross-boarder collaboration in the fight against crime.
"The Gazette is one of the top police magazines in the world. To be able to get in there speaks well for the Royal Bahamas Police Force and the government's urban renewal programme."
Printed in English and French the magazine shares new policing trends and is distributed worldwide. The articles are also featured on the RCMP's website.
The Canadians learned about the urban renewal project when Commissioner Paul Farquharson and his team attended the International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference in Los Angeles in November.
The brainchild of Prime Minister Perry G Christie, the Urban Renewal Community Policing Project is one of the most ambitious crime reduction programmes in the RBPF's recent history. It was launched in June 2002 in Farm Road, Mr Christie's constituency.
The Programme has since expanded with success to other New Providence and six Grand Bahama communities.
"This community-based partnership and problem-solving approach developed between the government, police and community," said ASP Dean, "has reduced historical inequalities and improved the quality of life in a number of disadvantaged urban communities.
"More importantly, this initiative has developed into one of the hallmarks of the national offensive against crime and violence.
"Urban Renewal is a very good product. The World is watching now."
CHECKING IT OUT — ASP Stephen Dean, co-ordinator of the Farm Road Urban Renewal Project reads the article in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police magazine, The Gazette.
(BIS photo by Gladstone Thurston)
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The Bahamas' success in its urban renewal programme was featured prominently in the news magazine of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, The Gazette.
Entitled 'Royal Bahamas Police target urban renewal', the article took an in-depth look at the programme which won the International Chiefs of Police award last November.
For ASP Stephen Dean, co-ordinator of the pioneering Farm Road Urban Renewal Programme, being featured by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is "a big deal."
"It means that the world is watching us," he said.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is the Canadian national police service and an agency of the Ministry of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada. The RCMP is unique in the world since it is a national, federal, provincial and municipal policing body. Giuliano Zaccardelli is Commissioner.
"The RCMP is one of the top police organisations in the world," said ASP Dean. "The Royal Bahamas Police Force has a long and fruitful relationship with them.
"Our officers have trained with them and we have conducted cross-boarder collaboration in the fight against crime.
"The Gazette is one of the top police magazines in the world. To be able to get in there speaks well for the Royal Bahamas Police Force and the government's urban renewal programme."
Printed in English and French the magazine shares new policing trends and is distributed worldwide. The articles are also featured on the RCMP's website.
The Canadians learned about the urban renewal project when Commissioner Paul Farquharson and his team attended the International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference in Los Angeles in November.
The brainchild of Prime Minister Perry G Christie, the Urban Renewal Community Policing Project is one of the most ambitious crime reduction programmes in the RBPF's recent history. It was launched in June 2002 in Farm Road, Mr Christie's constituency.
The Programme has since expanded with success to other New Providence and six Grand Bahama communities.
"This community-based partnership and problem-solving approach developed between the government, police and community," said ASP Dean, "has reduced historical inequalities and improved the quality of life in a number of disadvantaged urban communities.
"More importantly, this initiative has developed into one of the hallmarks of the national offensive against crime and violence.
"Urban Renewal is a very good product. The World is watching now."
CHECKING IT OUT — ASP Stephen Dean, co-ordinator of the Farm Road Urban Renewal Project reads the article in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police magazine, The Gazette.
(BIS photo by Gladstone Thurston)
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