Police may not be popular as role models in poor neighborhoods where they are more well known for brute force and ignorance than for community policing. But with precinct policing that is slowly changing and the very active police youth cadet corps in many neighborhoods is at the forefront of that change. Today we found the Cadet Corps from Precinct 2 helping out one of the elderly residents of the area. Sergeant Brent Hamilton told us why they did it:…
Sargeant Brent Hamilton - Mahogany Police Youth Cadets "Part of discipline to show love and appreciation to persons older than them and to let them understand that they're going to get old and they must assist people that are older than them. One of my methods of the Cadet that I work under is to do a good turn everyday, whether it is assisting someone crossing the street or whether it is giving someone something - it is doing good."
Hubert Bowen "Everything moving right because they were painting inside of the house the last time and now they paint outside."
Ian Wanger "Respect elders and help them out if they don't have any house or anything."
Sargeant Brent Hamilton "Today we wanted to revamp the little house that he's in - we painted it, we're going to put marley in there and we're giving him a new bed and a new mattress. We're going to give him can food, today we have partnered up with BFLA which also gave him some free checkups . Also what we did was to let him understand that we are his friend. Every week in the month we're going to come and bring something for him, we'll help him and his environment where he lives in."
The cadet corps also intends to paint Mr. Bowen's wheelchair.
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Police may not be popular as role models in poor neighborhoods where they are more well known for brute force and ignorance than for community policing. But with precinct policing that is slowly changing and the very active police youth cadet corps in many neighborhoods is at the forefront of that change. Today we found the Cadet Corps from Precinct 2 helping out one of the elderly residents of the area. Sergeant Brent Hamilton told us why they did it:…
"Part of discipline to show love and appreciation to persons older than them and to let them understand that they're going to get old and they must assist people that are older than them. One of my methods of the Cadet that I work under is to do a good turn everyday, whether it is assisting someone crossing the street or whether it is giving someone something - it is doing good."
"Everything moving right because they were painting inside of the house the last time and now they paint outside."
"Respect elders and help them out if they don't have any house or anything."
