In this episode, we challenge how policing is justified as safeguarding. Joined by the Runnymede Trust’s own Sophia Purdy-Moore, Sayce Holmes-Lewis, founder and CEO of Mentivity, and JMF, a content creator connected to Mentivity, Richie Brave asks whether current policing approaches truly protect young people, or sometimes cause harm in the name of safety.

Links:

The Runnymede Trust, Keeping Us Safe: Rethinking Policing, Harm and Justice, London: The Runnymede Trust, 2024

Adam Elliott-Cooper, Black Resistance to British Policing, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2021

Baroness Louise Casey, The Baroness Casey Review: An Independent Review into the Standards of Behaviour and Internal Culture of the Metropolitan Police Service, London: Crown Copyright, 2023

Dr Laura Connelly, Roxy Legane, and Dr Remi Joseph-Salisbury, Decriminalise the Classroom: A Community Response to Police in Greater Manchester’s Schools, Manchester: Kids of Colour and Northern Police Monitoring Project, August 2020

The statements made by guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent the views of the Runnymede Trust.