Community Voices On Policing In Transition PDF Download

Community Conscious Policing is a public-health centered response model intended to end unnecessary and inappropriate law enforcement violence. It is designed to augment and enhance existing continuing education for law enforcement, students in social justice related fields, advocates involved in police accountability and organizations seeking to increase their outreach capacity.Our innovative training curriculum is designed with the input of sworn police trainers and thousands of diverse community participants that we brought together during very polarizing times to design a new training curriculum based on experiential learning. This model is a culturally responsive, trauma-healing approach to community and civic engagement based on the founders' conscious leadership principles. They include emotional intelligence, experiential learning, decolonizing strategies and mindfulness practices that transcend traditional barriers.T4T is a community-led organization that trains law enforcement alongside the people they serve. We center the lived experiences of Black, Indigenous and communities of color who have historically been most impacted by law enforcement and the criminal justice system. Real Life, Real Talk, Real ChangeEach testimonial is told from the perspective of the survivor. We center the lived experience of people who are most impacted by racism and law enforcement. After each reflection, we analyze it from a redress and trauma-healing perspective providing practical lessons for the reader. Community CONSCIOUS Policing was highlighted at a conference as a prime example of Police-Community Integrated Training and Education (P-CITE) by attorney Mathew Carr at Vermont Law. The purpose of this educational resource is to equip our communities with the tools, insights and resources necessary to advocate for healing justice. Readers will learn vital lessons through real-life police stop scenarios, discover alternatives on how to best navigate them and integrate practical strategies for justice and repair. Most importantly, it reveals holistic ways to heal from racial profiling and the trauma of police brutality based on indigenous wisdom.