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dpb,’’ he says in explaining

s) initial attraction to the
‘fofce. ‘‘Too, I have an
Perdeveloped sense of law
and order and right and
wrong.”’

The force has met those
expectations, he says, adding
that he hs enjoyed his career.

‘‘In the early days | went,
in one day, from being the
one-man police force in
Klemtu to being a constable
in Burnaby which at the time
was the largest detachment
in the province,’’ he says.
‘ve been exposed to all
levels of society from the
highest — I travelled with
Prime Minister Trudeau as
escort officer — to the lower
criminal elements."*

Despite the breadth of ex
perience, Bell feets most
comfortable with municipal
policing

“One of the most impor
tant things 1s to involve the
community in policing,’ he
says ‘‘The more community
involvement and interest, the
better we can serve "'

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his stay in Coquitlam, using
a high-profile crime preven-
tion community that includ-
ed municipal, school district
and business leaders in in-
vestigating crime problems
and finding solutions.

Among the programs were
Neighborhood Watch, a
business-oriented Operation
Provident, a Victim's
Assistance program and a
Citizen’s Patrol that put res-
idents of the municipalities
on the streets on weekend

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nights to keep an eye on
things. As well as involving
the community in- crime
prevention, such programs
enable police to run _ pro-
grams ‘‘at a minimal amount
of contract funding’’ from
the taxpayers, Bell says.

‘*‘The most important
thing | ever read about crime
prevention is that it is the
treponsibility of the com-
munity and not the police,’”’
Bell says ‘“‘It’s up to the
pohce to act as a catalyst ""

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