Stay updated with breaking news from Active Bystandership. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Activists gather on anniversary of George Floyd's death to call for policies to address alleged racism; city's chief said Floyd's death has spurred changes.
I N 1969 JULIUS LESTER published a book about the black-power movement called, “Look Out, Whitey! Black Power’s Gon’ Get Your Mama!” Since then, approaches to managing friction between different racial groups have become less confrontational and more professional. For many American institutions this takes the form of diversity training. Like most city forces, the Minneapolis police department puts its officers through diversity training. Tanya Gladney, an ex-cop who has trained officers in nearby St Paul, says such training became standard in police departments 15 or 20 years ago. It ...
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 by Danielle Prieur (WMFE) Photo: Orlando Police Twitter Stay tuned in to our local news coverage: Listen to 90.7 WMFE on your FM or HD radio, the WMFE mobile app or your smart speaker — say “Alexa, play NPR” and you’ll be connected. The Orlando Police Department is participating in peer intervention training in an effort to foster a culture that prevents harm. Today, members of our department are participating in the @GeorgetownABLE Project. This project aims to help law enforcement agencies across the country to create a culture of peer intervention with su...
:strip_exif(true):strip_icc(true):no_upscale(true):quality(65):fill(FFF)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gmg/FEKGLBYX4JBK7ADTXHIORKPE2U.jpg)
Orlando police learn to prevent misconduct, mistakes under ABLE training program Training teaches importance of intervention, de-escalation Tags: ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando police officers are starting a new training program focused on getting results by building a culture of what the agency calls peer intervention to prevent people from getting hurt. “We were one of the less than a hundred in the nation approved to receive this training,” Chief Orlando Rolón said. Rolón said the department was accepted into the Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement Program. [TRENDING: It’s a ...
Old Lyme — The Rev. Steven R. Jungkeit, senior minister at the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme, has helped turn the historic house of worship into a home for social justice. The church itself provided physical sanctuary to a Pakistani couple facing deportation for 212 days in 2018. The year before, the congregation purchased a home in Old Lyme "to welcome refugees in perpetuity," Jungkeit said. Guests have included refugees from Syria and Congo, as well as climate refugees from Puerto Rico in the months following Hurricane Maria. Members of the church community have also helped man...