In recent years, high-profile police killings of Black people George, Sonnya Massey, and Tyre Nichols to name a few have thrust into the national spotlight the sustained oppression that communities of color feel at the hands of law enforcement.

However, accountability for police has been rare and has taken shape almost exclusively as punishment. Communities are desperate for healing in the wake of these shootings, and they get little to none.

Join the Co-host Chiefs on Thursday at 6 PM CST. With their guest, Dr. Lorenzo Boyd is a nationally recognized leader in police-community relations and an authority on urban policing, diversity issues in criminal justice, race and crime, and criminal justice systems. As they discuss the causes of trauma and the history of policing on communities of color

Join the Chiefs tonight at 6 PM CST. With You And The Law Podcast as they look back at some of the amazing training and events at the 48th Annual NOBLE National Conference in New Orleans that took place August 9th to 13th.

With many school districts starting back the topic of school policing remains difficult and contested from viral videos of police and student encounters gone wrong, to a seeming surge in violence that’s causing some districts to consider adding more cops in schools, to perennial fears about school shootings.

The National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO) indicates that officers play a tripartite role in law enforcement, informal mentoring and counseling, and some in-person teaching. In this sense, the theory of school-based policing is aligned with that of community policing

Going to prison can change your entire life. After you are released from prison, being locked up

can have lasting traumatic effects. That’s why a healthy support system, the right resources, and community are vital to life after imprisonment.

Join the Co-host Chiefs Virgil Green and Keith Humphrey on Thursday at 6 PM CST streaming live on Facebook and YouTube with their guest Roslyn Long the Co-host of Dear Life After Podcast as they discuss Women of Color Behind Prison Walls.

We failed Sonya the Illinois sheriff says about the fatal police shooting of Sonya Massey, it took nearly two weeks after one of his former deputies was charged with murder in the death of a Black woman who’d called 911 for help, for the Illinois sheriff to publicly acknowledged his office failed Soyna Massey and asked forgiveness and expressed his willingness to enforce change within the sheriff’s office.

By all accounts of information that has been released about the former deputy's disturbing past misconduct from previous agencies, why did it take for Sonya Massey to lose her life to say that you failed Sonya Massey, the family of Massey, and the community? But you had every opportunity to remove then-deputy Sean Grayson before he took her life.

Nearly 250 women have been fatally shot by police since 2015, the recent shocking bodycam video of Illinois police shooting of another Black woman in her home sparks outrage. Sonya Massey called the police to investigate a report of a suspected "prowler" on July 6 at 12:50 a.m. outside her home in Springfield, Illinois.

The video, recorded by cameras worn by the officers, shows Massey, in her kitchen removing a pot of boiling water from the stove at their request. As she was doing so one of the officers instructed her to drop the pot, Massey said, "I'm sorry" and began to duck. Within seconds the sheriff's deputy made two steps toward the kitchen, yelled at her to drop the pot again, and began shooting.

Coordination between local agencies and the Secret Service before a Presidential visit is essential and well-practiced by this and most other federal agencies. Any agency assisting in Secret Service operations should have its own briefings internally.

Join the Co-host Chiefs on Thursday at 6PM CST. They discuss the concerns surrounding how a gunman was able to go undetected by law enforcement before those in the crowd spotted him.

Lessons learned from the Trump assassination attempt may help prevent another of like kind. The burden of protection doesn't just fall on the Secret Service alone, however. Local officers are needed as well.

What Does the Duty to Intervene Really Mean? When a law enforcement officer uses excessive force or engages in other prohibited conduct, other officers on the scene must stop such action. What Does This Really Mean how are officers protected when they do come forward when they report a fellow officer.

However, officers may hesitate to intervene, especially if the other officer is a superior. Failing to intervene can have serious consequences for an officer, including discipline, job loss, civil lawsuits, or criminal charges.

The recent officer-involved shooting of an airman Roger Fortson, inside his Flordia apartment. Join the Co-host Chiefs as they discuss whether police officers see a threat before they use deadly force.

The Dark History of Freaknik and Law Enforcement's Goal to Stop the Party. Freaknik was an annual spring break event in Atlanta, Georgia, from the mid-1980s until the late 1990s. The event began as a small gathering of college students and quickly grew into a massive party that attracted people from all over the country.

In 2024 the Freaknik parties are popping back up, In recent months many small rural agencies have been caught off guard when hundreds to as many as a thousand show up where police are outnumbered, In Selma, the mayor suspended the police chief and placed him on administrative leave after several shootings occurred. Mayor James Perkins Jr. went public with his grievances about police failing to handle the Freaknik parties. He said that the authorities needed a change in leadership after Selma officers didn’t adequately respond to violence breaking out during “Freaknik-style street parties.”