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The House on Portland Street
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In this chapter, Ashe describes events of Day Five of Halifax’s 1970 "Encounter on Urban Environment," on community policing. He recounts an incident where Dartmouth’s police chief was caught out lying about an incident targetting young people living in a communal house..
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Robert Ashe
Robert Ashe
is a Halifax native who has worked as a sportswriter, street columnist and crime reporter. For twenty-five years he worked as a communications specialist with the national defense research and development agency. He is the author of five books, including Halifax Champion: Black Power in Gloves, They Called Me Chocolate Rocket, Seven Days in Halifax, Even the Babe Came to Play about a New Brunswick baseball team during the Great Depression, and a collection of columns about life in Saint John entitled, Just Enough Fog to Keep It Cool. He lives with his wife Brenda in Ottawa.
