The State of Policing in America: Police Culture Change and the Movement for Rightful Policing

In a robust treatment of the state of American policing today, this panel discussion will take a deep dive into policing and why incidents like the high profile beating of Tyre Nichols in Memphis continue to occur. At issue will be police culture: no law or policy would prevent what happened in Memphis. Panelists with diverging viewpoints ranging from government to law enforcement to citizen advocates to academics will exchange their views, assess police culture, and explore how to prevent incidents from occurring. Episodes such as those witnessed are not merely repeats of what we have seen before-they are eroding public trust and confidence in the police and American institutions broadly. Designed to stimulate audience participation in problem-solving for the future of policing in America, the idea of a “movement for rightful policing” will be put up for discussion and debate.
Cheryl Epps
Cheryl serves as a lead mediator with the Los Angeles City Attorney's office, where she conducts mediations between the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and the Community when a Community Member has filed a complaint against a police officer and has vast experience mediating, facilitating, and moderating issues related to racial bias, social injustice, conflict resolution, and peace building, domestically and internationally.
Chief Jerald Monahan (ret.)
Jerald has served the public safety community for over four decades, including leadership positions as the Chief Deputy of the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, the Chief of Police for the City of Apache Junction and Prescott and as the Chief of Police for the Yavapai Community College District
Duane Smith
Duane is a Special Agent within the Department of Homeland Security with two decades of experience in law enforcement. A native of Washington, DC, he has seen the community transition from the volatility of the late 80’s and early 90’s to the reinvestment initiatives underway today.
Felicia Cross
Felicia has 8 years as Community Outreach Manager for the Seattle Police Department. As a leader within the community, Felicia blends her expertise in managing large-scale programs, law enforcement policies and procedures, advocacy, as well as community connections and network to drive meaningful change.
Lisa Broderick
Lisa began her career at Apple Computer in the early 1980’s and continued to work in high-tech for more than three decades where she helped bring new approaches to society through innovations that dramatically changed society. Today, leading the efforts of Police2Peace, Lisa is helping to redefine and reimagine policing on a national scale in a way that both police and communities at odds with police can embrace.
On May 3-5, 2023, the Alliance for Peacebuilding held its 11th annual conference, PeaceCon 2023: Beyond Fragile Ground: New Peacebuilding Architectures for Today and the Future.

[@voodoovinny7125]

Just like every "story" this is being told from one side completely ignoring the other. The "problem" with excessive policing stems from 2 major factors. The first is the increased crime and the second is the lack of support to law enforcement. Both of these together cause the quality of the police officer which decreased the quality of the law enforcement which we are seeing this from the smallest law enforcement all the way up to the FBI. And because of this, we find ourselves in a loop of complaining about the excessive police which starts the loop over again with more crime. Even though this has all been solved numerous times in history, people ignore that only to "try to solve" one part of the problem without the other...

[@johnkeith2450]

No other profession tolerates, covers for and even rewards ignorance, incompetence, poor behavior, poor performance and destruction of innocent people's lives, even to the point of killing them, the way law enforcement does.