Baratunde builds off the last episode of his previous podcast, We’re Having a Moment. He speaks with two esteemed guests, Dr. Phil Goff, who works directly with police departments around the country, and Zach Norris, who works with communities, about ways we can reclaim public safety that don’t always need to involve the police.
Find Phil @DrPhilGoff and visit Center for Policing Equity and @policingequity on social media.
Find Zach @zachwnorris and at zachnorris.com. Visit Ella Baker Center, and @ellabakercenter on social media. Also grab his book, We Keep Us Safe here.
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For this episode, here is what you can do.INTERNAL ACTIONS
It starts with you. Explore your own relationship to feeling safe and living among your neighbors. Answer some of the following questions for yourself AND in discussion with at least one other member of your community.
Don’t look away. Get educated on how policing works where you live.
Good neighbors don’t just call the cops. Know who you call instead of the police.
EXTERNAL ACTIONS
Work with local groups to help get new policies enacted that we know work.
Be a supportive bystander and report police interactions.
Download the Mobile Justice App (created in 2015 by the ACLU to help people report on police interactions). According to the ACLU, it is completely within a US citizen’s Constitutional rights to record interactions with the police. *Note that if you do film a crime, you may become a key witness as a part of an investigation.
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