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July 17, 2023 25 mins

In this episode, youth leaders and police share successful strategies for engaging and establishing trust with youth to improve overall community relationships with police, as well as reduce crime. 

Speakers (12) in order of appearance: 

  • Dustin Waters, PERF Editor and Audio Engineer 
  • Chuck Wexler, PERF Executive Director 
  • Rachel Apfelbaum, PERF Writer, Producer, and Narrator 
  • Abrianna Morales, CEO, Sexual Assault Youth Support Network (SAYSN) and Program Manager, National Organization of Victim Assistance (NOVA) – Youth Advocacy Corps  
  • Romero Davis, Senior Program Manager, Social Current 
  • Chuck Ramsey, Co-Chair White House Task Force on 21st Century Policing, former Commissioner of Philadelphia (PA) Police, former Chief of Metropolitan (DC) PD, and former Deputy Superintendent of Chicago PD 
  • Sergeant William Corrales, Tucson (AZ) Police Department 
  • Chairwoman Karen Gaal, Metropolitan (DC) Police Department’s 3rd District Citizens Advisory Council 
  • Bryan Kelly, Golden (CO) Police Department Community Engagement Group  
  • Ron Huberman, CEO/Founder Benchmark Analytics and former Superintendent of Chicago Public Schools & former Assistant Deputy Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department 
  • Chief Leo Schmitz, Cook County (IL) Sheriff’s Police Department  

This podcast series is part of the Critical Issues in Policing series, supported by the Motorola Solutions Foundation.

Thanks for listening to PERFcast, the official podcast of the Police Executive Research Forum. For more information on PERF, visit www.policeforum.org.

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