http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/46712 Bakersfield Police Department Crime Prevention 326-3052 06/30/09 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Junior Black Apprentice Program who is sponsored by the California Junior Black Chamber of Commerce- Kern County Chapter is working with the Bakersfield Police Department. Members of the Junior Black Apprentice Program will be working in the community in assisting the Crime Prevention Unit in trying to generate interest in starting neighborhood watch programs. These members will be making contact with local residents July 1-4, 2009 and will have materials and proper identification. For further questions please contact 326-3052. Bakersfield Police Department Crime Prevention 326-3052 06/30/09 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Junior Black Apprentice Program who is sponsored by the California Junior Black Chamber of Commerce- Kern County Chapter is working with the Bakersfield Police Department. Members of the Junior Black Apprentice Program will be working in the community in assisting the Crime Prevention Unit in trying to generate interest in starting neighborhood watch programs. These members will be making contact with local residents July 1-4, 2009 and will have materials and proper identification. For further questions please contact 326-3052. en-us Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:25:38 PDT <p>This is awesome, and we need more programs like this throughout the community.&nbsp; I applaud the CJBCC!</p> <p>MP</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/46712/#c_418128 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/46712/#c_418128 <p>This is awesome, and we need more programs like this throughout the community.&nbsp; I applaud the CJBCC!</p> <p>MP</p> <p>Why can't it be called the &quot;Junior Apprentice Program&quot;? Why does it have to have a colour attached to it?&nbsp; If it were a &quot;white&quot; program or &quot;hispanic&quot; program, or an &quot;asian&quot; program, or an &quot;Indian&quot; program -&nbsp; would it be any different? or would it be racist?</p> <p>Just askin'.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/46712/#c_418141 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/46712/#c_418141 <p>Why can't it be called the &quot;Junior Apprentice Program&quot;? Why does it have to have a colour attached to it?&nbsp; If it were a &quot;white&quot; program or &quot;hispanic&quot; program, or an &quot;asian&quot; program, or an &quot;Indian&quot; program -&nbsp; would it be any different? or would it be racist?</p> <p>Just askin'.</p> <p>No, it wouldn't.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/46712/#c_418224 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/46712/#c_418224 <p>No, it wouldn't.</p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Agreed jfrancis~ more mentoring is a good thing.</span></p> <br /> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/46712/#c_418227 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/46712/#c_418227 <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Agreed jfrancis~ more mentoring is a good thing.</span></p> <br /> <p>There are some serious issues in the Black community and they are trying to ameliorate the situation without blaming others or making excuses.&nbsp; It also a great way to establish positive relationships law enforcement and the local Black community.&nbsp; It was not cool for a Black kid to want to be a cop when I&nbsp;was growing up.&nbsp; Maybe programs like these will change the negative perception the Black community has of cops.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/46712/#c_418239 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/46712/#c_418239 <p>There are some serious issues in the Black community and they are trying to ameliorate the situation without blaming others or making excuses.&nbsp; It also a great way to establish positive relationships law enforcement and the local Black community.&nbsp; It was not cool for a Black kid to want to be a cop when I&nbsp;was growing up.&nbsp; Maybe programs like these will change the negative perception the Black community has of cops.</p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">For those reasons and more this is a very good thing. Exposure to other ways of living, positive ones, can open doors and minds.&nbsp;</span></p> <br /> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/46712/#c_418246 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/46712/#c_418246 <p><span style="font-size: medium;">For those reasons and more this is a very good thing. Exposure to other ways of living, positive ones, can open doors and minds.&nbsp;</span></p> <br />