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"STOP collecting RED FLAGS" - A candid talk with Enid Ocasio, New York Police Dept (NYPD) Domestic Violence Unit Specialist, on ground-level interventions that work.
Welcome to the Mindful on Purpose Podcast! In episode 10 we will talk with Enid Ocasio, NYPD domestic violence instructor, and community advocate. We will discuss how she landed in the NYPD, her work in the community, what impact she has had on women and children in crisis, and how the police can be more of an advocate to these victims of violent crimes.
BIO:
Enid Ocasio is an advocate and lead trainer for Domestic Violence. Enid’s expertise includes EEO Law, EEO Policy, Equity and Inclusion, Freedom of Information Law, and Criminal Justice.
Enid Ocasio began her career at the NYPD as a Police Administrative Aide in June 1993. While employed she attended John Jay College for Criminal Justice where she achieved a Bachelor’s degree in May 2002. Due to life circumstances, her plans of attending law school were detoured, but her passion for law and helping people kept her focused. As a Police Administrative Aide, she provided assistance to community members with filing reports, attaining forms among other community relations.
In pursuit of her passion for law, Enid Ocasio transferred to NYPD’s Legal Bureau in December 2001 where she worked with members of the service in the Freedom of Information Law/Document Production Unit.
Enid’s determination to do more prompted her to transfer to NYPD’s Office of Equal Employment Opportunity in October 2003. She also enrolled in a master’s graduate degree course at Walden University and achieved a master's in Public Administration in 2009 together with NYPD Enid was trained and certified to instruct on employment practices management and leadership. There she trained members of the service for 13 years as the lead civilian trainer. She also facilitated an Online Ethics course for undergraduate students at the University of Phoenix.
Throughout her career, Enid has acquired and received merits, awards, mayoral citations, and certifications from community leaders, city agencies, and educational institutions.
Enid is currently assigned to the Office of Chief of Department, Domestic Violence Unit where she continues to instruct members of the service and the community. Outside of the NYPD Enid is a community advocate and therefore collaborates, and partners with outside city agencies and not-for-profit organizations in facilitating, rendering aid, and creating domestic violence awareness and services as needed and required.
The MINDFUL ON PURPOSE PODCAST is a safe space where unexplored topics on gender-based violence/intimate partner violence/child endangerment are discussed with FIELD EXPERTS to increase awareness and improve care for vulnerable women and children. Target listener: doctors, nurses, hospital and clinic executives, law enforcement, domestic violence researchers, government officials, all frontline workers, survivors/victims, family and friends of survivors/victims, and ALL concerned humans. www.speranzaproject.org
Creator/Host: Christina M. Blackburn, MSc - Award-winning tech innovator, medical and first responder educator, advocate for women and children in crisis, and survivor.
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Welcome to the Mindful on Purpose Podcast! In episode 10 we will talk with Enid Ocasio, NYPD domestic violence instructor, and community advocate. We will discuss how she landed in the NYPD, her work in the community, what impact she has had on women and children in crisis, and how the police can be more of an advocate to these victims of violent crimes.
BIO:
Enid Ocasio is an advocate and lead trainer for Domestic Violence. Enid’s expertise includes EEO Law, EEO Policy, Equity and Inclusion, Freedom of Information Law, and Criminal Justice.
Enid Ocasio began her career at the NYPD as a Police Administrative Aide in June 1993. While employed she attended John Jay College for Criminal Justice where she achieved a Bachelor’s degree in May 2002. Due to life circumstances, her plans of attending law school were detoured, but her passion for law and helping people kept her focused. As a Police Administrative Aide, she provided assistance to community members with filing reports, attaining forms among other community relations.
In pursuit of her passion for law, Enid Ocasio transferred to NYPD’s Legal Bureau in December 2001 where she worked with members of the service in the Freedom of Information Law/Document Production Unit.
Enid’s determination to do more prompted her to transfer to NYPD’s Office of Equal Employment Opportunity in October 2003. She also enrolled in a master’s graduate degree course at Walden University and achieved a master's in Public Administration in 2009 together with NYPD Enid was trained and certified to instruct on employment practices management and leadership. There she trained members of the service for 13 years as the lead civilian trainer. She also facilitated an Online Ethics course for undergraduate students at the University of Phoenix.
Throughout her career, Enid has acquired and received merits, awards, mayoral citations, and certifications from community leaders, city agencies, and educational institutions.
Enid is currently assigned to the Office of Chief of Department, Domestic Violence Unit where she continues to instruct members of the service and the community. Outside of the NYPD Enid is a community advocate and therefore collaborates, and partners with outside city agencies and not-for-profit organizations in facilitating, rendering aid, and creating domestic violence awareness and services as needed and required.
The MINDFUL ON PURPOSE PODCAST is a safe space where unexplored topics on gender-based violence/intimate partner violence/child endangerment are discussed with FIELD EXPERTS to increase awareness and improve care for vulnerable women and children. Target listener: doctors, nurses, hospital and clinic executives, law enforcement, domestic violence researchers, government officials, all frontline workers, survivors/victims, family and friends of survivors/victims, and ALL concerned humans. www.speranzaproject.org
Creator/Host: Christina M. Blackburn, MSc - Award-winning tech innovator, medical and first responder educator, advocate for women and children in crisis, and survivor.