[naviga:h2]Carlnika Roser,[/naviga:h2]

Acting Sergeant, Community Safety Unit/Acting Coordinator,

Crime Stoppers

Drug Prevention Officer

Bermuda Police Service.

"My goal, every time I give a presentation, is to affect change within audience."

Carlnika Roser is a very busy police officer, presently fulfilling a variety of roles and responsibilities.

With Crime Stoppers her role is assisting the civilian Crime Stoppers board and the Community Safety Unit.

As the drug prevention officer Detective Roser must remain up-to-date with drug trends and the laws that govern them, both locally and internationally. She then shares her findings with the Narcotics Department.

"I also conduct workshops and give presentations to the community and work closely with various the drug prevention agencies, including PRIDE."

Detective Roser says becoming the drug prevention officer was a great opportunity to grow while remaining a police officer. "I love learning new things and I am constantly inundated with new information concerning drugs and gangs."

She finds giving presentations or interviews as the most rewarding part of her job especially when someone expresses what they have learnt to her.

"It is important to me not just to give the information but to feel that there will be a positive change because of the information I have shared.

Detective Roser says the ability to conduct research on the computer and over the phone is vital to her position as is public speaking and adapting each presentation to the target audience.

"People would probably be surprised by the amount of work and research that goes into each presentation. Every point of information has to be checked and cross-checked and there are days that I start in the morning and don't finish until late into the evening."

In 2005 Detective Roser was tasked with monitoring the gang situation in Bermuda, to be effective at this task, she attended various gang conferences and in April 2008 received her Gang Certification specialist training.

To join the Bermuda Police Service Detective Roser says you need a high school diploma and a willingness to serve your community. She attended Berkeley Institute where she says Civics and Geography and World History helped her understand the importance of knowing "where you come from, and how history has shaped what people see and feel today."

She was also on the school debate team and involved in student government which helped her with public speaking.