VAUGHN Mosher, president of Sandys Rotary, yesterday presented a cheque in the amount of $1,000 for the Leon Bean Memorial Award to Deputy Commissioner of Police George Jackson in the presence of Mrs. Henrietta Bean and other dignitaries (see picture).

The award was established shortly after Leon's death, funded by his good friend Norman Faulkner and matched by Sandys Rotary. Originally intended as a cash award to the top graduating police cadet, the annual award is now utilised to assist the Cadet Force in special projects.

However, the top graduate still receives a trophy in memory of both Mr. Bean and Mr. Faulkner. This year's funds will go towards the cadet's trip to Washington later this year to attend a Federal Bureau of Investigation training exercise.

Leon Bean was the first black police inspector in Bermuda. He was an avid Rotarian and champion of the multicultural philanthropy of the Rotary cause.

Accepting the award on behalf of the cadets, Deputy Commissioner Jackson thanked the club and commented on the foundations that Leon Bean and others had laid for the future of not just the Bermuda Police Service but the island itself and said it was appropriate that "his memory should be preserved in support of the youth of the country".

Pictured at right, from the left, are WPc Shanelle Mello, Cadet Instructor; Sgt. Calvin Smith, OIC Cadets; Vaughn Mosher; Deputy Commissioner George Jackson; Mrs Henrietta Bean and Chief Inspector Charles Mooney.