The founder of the Guardian Angels is back in Halifax with a satchel of information for doubters.

Sporting his trademark red beret, Curtis Sliwa arrived from New York on Friday afternoon with a copy of 200-page training manual for the citizen street patrollers.

Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa said the police chief views him as a 'hemorrhoid in a red beret.'
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Halifax Mayor Peter Kelly said he would give the manual to police Chief Frank Beazley to review.

If Beazley doesn't change his position, the mayor is hinting he won't endorse the Angels, either.

"I will have a chance to go through the information and I will have a dialogue with the chief, and you'll know shortly thereafter," Kelly told reporters.

Beazley has said he's concerned the Guardian Angels might get into physical confrontations as they patrol the streets.

Sliwa has the support of Halifax regional Coun. Linda Mosher, who worries about violence in the downtown area.

"When I was young, I used to go downtown and walk through the Commons to go home. I wouldn't walk through there today, and I have a third-degree black belt," said Mosher.

Mosher, who picked Sliwa up at the airport and brought him to city hall, said residents want the Angels in Halifax.

"Even just going through the airport, people were saying, 'way to go, we want you here,'" she said.  

Sliwa said he plans to hold training sessions on Saturday and announce the local leaders of the chapter on Sunday.

He hopes that makes a difference, though he doesn't need the official endorsement of the police.

"Maybe it'll be easier for the chief to meet with the local representatives rather than to meet with me, because I think he views me as sort of a hemorrhoid in a red beret," Sliwa said.

If all goes according to plan, Sliwa said there will be Angels patrolling the streets of Halifax by April 1.