Moving Police Officers From Enforcers to Protectors [JJIE.org]

Did you know that there have been resolutions in both Senate and House to establish a Cabinet level position of the Department of Peace and Nonviolence?  Part of those resolutions have been training of local police in using nonviolence to resolve problems before there is a violation of law, etc.   Just the sort of thing you have been talking about.   I do not know if those resolutions are in the agenda of Congress again this year.   But Dennis Kucinich used to put them in every year.   Until he got knocked out by those who are not true American patriots.
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[Photo by Stefano Corso]“I hate the police” and other comments, profanity-filled, are shouted to Houston Police officers as they enter a classroom filled with teenagers. This is week one of the 11-week Teen and Police Service (TAPS) Academy. Mistrust is high as these adjudicated youth meet their TAPS officers for the first time.Through a Texas Education Agency-approved curriculum that grants one high school credit to students upon completion, TAPS Academy officers and teens alike learn about conflict mediation, police interaction, drugs avoidance, bullying, safe driving, date violence reduction, bullying and other subjects to create mutual understanding and respect among each other. In breakout sessions, one officer and six youth give each other feedback.

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