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NASSAU, The Bahamas \u2013 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Urban Development Philip Davis said that, for one week now, more than 40 police officers have been involved in direct community policing in New Providence within the umbrella of Urban Renewal 2.0.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe identification process of the problems which our citizens in Urban Renewal 2.0 designated areas has been the initial task of the Police Task Force,\u201d Deputy Prime Minister Davis said during his contributions to the 2012-2013 Budget Debate, on June 13, 2012, in the House of Assembly.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe that we need to know exactly what we are faced with, so that we can speedily respond with action that represents more of \u2018a hand up\u2019 than \u2018a hand out\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
Deputy Prime Minister added that there is a \u201cserious rescue mission\u201d in process.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a mission which we cannot fail in,\u201d he said.\u00a0 \u201cTo fail is to abandon citizens to hopelessness \u2013 we cannot do this to our brothers and sisters.\u201d<\/p>\n
Structurally, Deputy Prime Minister Davis said, \u201cthe programme will be managed on a day-to-day basis by a Director, who should be appointed very shortly, reporting to the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Works and Urban Development and working along with senior officers seconded from the various social ministries.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is once again becoming a system-wide cooperative effort to maximise the delivery of government services and to provide coordinating efforts for the major contributions from civil society,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is our opportunity to craft successful safe and secure communities out of presently distressed and severely challenged communities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Deputy Prime Minister Davis said that an \u201cencompassing\u201d Commission, representing the highest levels of the public service from the social ministries and civil society \u2013 especially faith communities, will report to the office of the Deputy Prime Minister and be responsible to ensure that the highest standards of service is always maintained and to continuously monitor activities to protect the integrity of the primary focus of uplifting the downtrodden and providing hope to those in need.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe people have reposed their confidence in us and we will provide for them the dedicated, hardworking government they require us to be,\u201d he said.\u00a0 \u201cThere is great wisdom in our people.\u00a0 We will listen.\u00a0 We will respond.\u00a0 Our Bahamas will be better off by our combined efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n
By ERIC ROSE
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