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Last Updated: Feb 13, 2017 - 1:45:37 AM |
The Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade gave the keynote address at The College of The Bahamas Security Department’s Annual Crime Prevention Seminar, which was held in conjunction with The Royal Bahamas Police Force and The College of The Bahamas Union of Students (COBUS).
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Nassau, Bahamas - The College of The Bahamas Security Department in conjunction with The Royal Bahamas Police Force and The College of The Bahamas Union of Students (COBUS) recently held a crime prevention seminar where students, faculty, staff and members of the wider community were educated on how to protect themselves from becoming victims of crime.
The one-day seminar featured a variety of topics that were discussed by experts in the field. These topics included sexual offences, vehicle theft, stealing in the work place/fraud and cyber-crime.
The keynote speaker at the opening of the seminar was Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade. Mr. Greenslade, citing Dr. Peter Legins in his 1965 paper, “Recent Changes in Concepts of Crime Prevention,” noted that there are three categories of crime prevention: punitive crime prevention, corrective crime prevention and protective crime prevention.
“Punitive crime prevention is an attempt by law enforcement to stop all crime through the threat of apprehension and punishment. Punitive crime prevention is manifested by the enactment of tough laws, longer sentences and preventive patrols. Corrective crime prevention is that criminal behavior caused by various conditions such as poor housing, poverty, lack of education, family problems and drug and alcohol addiction. Protective crime prevention is the basis for the concept of crime prevention that we know today. [It] recognizes that the control of crime and associated problems are beyond the capability of law enforcement alone. Preventing crime in this manner suggest that those needed for law enforcement include the government agencies, the community and many others,” said Mr. Greenslade citing Dr. Legins.
Dr. Earla Carey-Baines, Executive Vice President/Vice President, Academic Affairs at The College of The Bahamas said that prevention is crucial in fighting crime.
Members of The Royal Bahamas Police Force as well as College officials attended the Crime Prevention Seminar which was held at The College of The Bahamas on Wednesday, November 25th, 2015. Front Row, From Left: Mr. Glenn Miller, Director of Security, The College of The Bahamas; Dr. Earla Carey-Baines, Executive Vice President/Vice President of Academic Affairs, The College of The Bahamas; Mr. Ellison Greenslade, Commissioner of Police, Royal Bahamas Police Force; Mr. Stephen Dean, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Royal Bahamas Police Force; Bishop Hulan Hanna, Retired Assistant Commissioner of Police; Mr. Ronnie Stevenson, Vice President of Operations, The College of The Bahamas; Dr. Sophia Rolle, Executive Director, Culinary and Hospitality Management Institute (Acting), The College of The Bahamas; Mr. Erald Thompson, Chief Internal Auditor, The College of The Bahamas and Dr. Danny Davis, Project Manager in the Office of Institutional Strengthening, The College of The Bahamas.
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“I note that the word prevention is key in what we are doing today. And I believe that this word prevention is important for various reasons. When people live together in communities they engage in activities that help to build that community. They forge relationships, they establish partnerships, they look out for each other, they take care of the less fortunate, the young, the elderly, they provide educational and other opportunities. And we are motivated to behave in this way as we seek to bring out the best in ourselves and in others as we seek to create a better world, a better life for ourselves and for others. Notwithstanding this, however, we recognize that no matter how hard we work, how much we do, how good our intentions, crime seems to be an inevitable part of the human experience. And so, in the same way that we actively seek to build our communities so to must we actively seek ways to prevent crime,” said Dr. Carey-Baines.
Assistant Superintendent of police Mark Barrett, who is attached to the Central Detective Unit and officer-in-charge of the business and technology crime section, informed the seminar attendees on the dangers of social media. He touched on issues such as online scams and internet pornography.
In an interview with Mr. Barrett he said, “We have a wonderful medium where people can interact with each other, share information, but unfortunately we have unscrupulous characters out there who are using the very same thing that is meant for good for their own purposes.”
In the seminar’s programme booklet there are helpful tips including techniques one can use to avoid attacks, protect oneself from sexual assault and from theft, and tips on what to do if you are being followed.
Director of Security at The College of The Bahamas Glenn Miller said that the purpose of the seminar is to “advise The College community, faculty, staff as to what‘s going on between The College, particularly the security and the police force. And to appraise them on issues with respect to the law that they would come in contact with on a daily basis.”
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