NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Minister of Social Services and Urban Development Frankie Campbell applauded those members of the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) — past and present — who are/were attached to the Urban Renewal Programme for “never shrinking in the face of their responsibility”.
Campbell was addressing the Urban Renewal Commission’s first Police Awards Ceremony on Friday, March 19, at Salem Union Baptist Church Hall. The awards ceremony was held as the RBPF celebrates 181 years as a force and during the celebrations of Police Month, commemorated annually in March.
The honorees included former Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police (Retired) Stephen Dean, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Retired) Carolyn Bowe, Superintendents of Police Philip Rolle and Ricardo Richardson, and Assistant Superintendents of Police Frankiemae Mather, Deborah McClure, Princess Scavella, Yvonne Albury and Sergeant Anthony Capron.
In all, 28 police officers from across the ranks received awards.
Campbell said the “true essence” of the Urban Renewal programme is “people helping people, particularly the less fortunate and the most vulnerable”.
“That is the essence, the spirit, of the Urban Renewal Programme and that is what the Royal Bahamas Police Force brings to the Programme,” Campbell said. “Truth be told, as we are now thanking you for your participation, we should also acknowledge you for blazing the trail, for having actually launched the Urban Renewal Programme; we should be commending you for the many international awards that you would have won as a result of your contribution to the Urban Renewal Programme; we should be thanking you for the personal sacrifices that you have made and make on a daily basis. I know that you put your hands in your pockets and you buy lunch for those less fortunate persons; I know that you put your hands in your pockets and you give money to the elderly, but I also know that you never shrink in the face of your responsibility.
“I congratulate you as a police force as you celebrate 181 years, as you celebrate Police Month, but I am here more specifically to thank you as a group for being a part of a movement — a movement of people helping people; a movement of restoring the confidence of our various communities in the organization called the Royal Bahamas Police Force. I want to thank you for showing that you are human beings, that you do have compassion, that you do empathize and that you do show love.”
Campbell challenged the officers to “strive to reach even greater heights”.
“I challenge you to take it one family at a time, one household at a time, one neighborhood at a time, one community at a time. People are looking for something good to believe in and the Urban Renewal Programme is that something good in which they can believe. I thank the Royal Bahamas Police Force for loaning you to this ministry, which I have the good fortune to lead at this time. I thank you, and commend you for the work you have done, are doing and will continue to do to ensure that our communities are better places within which to live,” Campbell added.
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