Ashley Anthony Rolle took the oath of office as one of two new Deputy Commissioners of Police over the week at Government House.  Rolle has been given charge over community relations.

Rolle recently spoke with reporters about the Clear, Hold and Build Program launched in October 2024 in the Englerston community.  He said, “since its enrollment we have went into Englerston community and the numbers is there to show that crime has went down in those areas.  I think its a good strategy. clearing.  We all know that we have a lot of overgrown bushes.  We have a lot of dilapidated homes.  We have a lot of derelict vehicles and these are things that criminal uses to hide or to store their drugs, their guns, very seldomly they put these things in their home now with fear of the police will be able to come search and lock them up.  So they would use a nearby abandoned vehicle or the bushes.  So it’s our job to go in all of these communities and clear these properties down, demolish these homes and move these derelict vehicles so that we will take away that avenue for these criminals to be able to use.”

Minister of National Security, the Hon. Wayne Munroe also recently spoke about the Clear, Hold and Build Program.  During his remarks he asked for the public’s assistance.  “The police will clear, the police will hold but it will take all of us to participate in the holding of our communities and the building of our communities into what we would like them to be.  It is a credit to the Royal Bahamas Police Force that it recognizes this vital task and has put this responsibility on a Deputy Commissioner of Police signaling the importance that they direct to this task,” Munroe said.

Kirkwood Andrews was also sworn in as Deputy Commissioner of Police over the weekend.