Training/Workshopsfor Community Membersand Law Enforcement
Individual Readiness
For community members
You & Five-O, LLC (YFO) was created to help community members survive police interactions. The primary goal was to Get Home. This information was being delivered from a police executive who understood policing and represented the community who often felt unseen or abused by the judicial system. After eleven years of listening to thousands of community members primarily African-Americans, they taught (BJ) You & Five-O what was important for them to know and understand. So it's no longer what YFO thinks the community needs to know, it's what the community has been telling (BJ) YFO over the last eleven years what THEY want to know.
The Individual Readiness training is not about changing views or experiences of police, it's about getting you Home. The conversation is candid. It does not sugarcoat for the police or community members. This topic isn't rushed. BJ's priority and hope is that participants at a minimum feel they were heard. Our training is relevant from those in middle school to beyond. We remind the community that the Huemans in front of the badge and behind the badge both want to go home.
A minimum of 2 hrs up to 4 hrs. Times may depend on number of attendees and engagement.
Returning Community Members
Welcome Home
Our Returning Community Members training is not different, it's that most of the participants have actual lived experience in the judicial system. You & Five-O has been volunteering with Our Children's Place at the Orange Correctional Facility for five years. BJ strongly believes that our returning community members need to understand they have not lost their right to exercise their rights. YFO wants to help returning community members to understand how to exercise their rights as they begin their new journey back home. YFO supports returning community members and any organizations that supports them. Welcome Home.
Behind the Badge
For law enforcement
Understanding the Community Behind the Badge
Our purpose is to provide officers an opportunity to hear recurring concerns expressed by community members to You & Five-O. It is an opportunity for officers to understand some community members distrust did not begin with them. Our objective will be that officers will be better prepared to understand how history, police incidents, fear, media, etc. and perceptions of police conduct may influence local encounters. The training also provides officers a candid environment to discuss their own frustrations in policing during heightened distrust.
This law enforcement training is based on YFO taking what we've heard from thousands of community members. We are taking that information back to law enforcement so they have an opportunity to hear and understand those Top Five recurring concerns about police interactions from community members. This training is not about everything law enforcement is doing wrong. It's an opportunity to help officers understand what some community members may bring into the encounter with them and why. Understanding that reality doesn't require an officer to accept inappropriate behavior or abandon their lawful responsibilities.
YFO hopes to give insight to officers that the community members reaction isn't about the Hueman wearing the uniform, they are reacting to what the uniform represents to them. The challenge is how to serve without taking that personally.
The Behind the Badge training for law enforcement is based on what BJ has heard from three thousand plus participants since 2015, primarily African-Americans, on their view of police and what they want to know. This is for law enforcement only. This is a space for them to hear how the community feels about the industry of policing, not the person in the uniform. This is a very candid conversation as well. BJ, has policed the community and now has listened to the community that is being policed and taking what she's heard back to the Badge. This isn't anti-police training its giving insight and understanding that it isn't personal to the person behind the badge. It's about simply understanding that all Huemans want to go home.
This training is a full day, may be over several days depending on the size of the agency.
“An officer’s ability to communicate with an individual whose culture is different from their own is critical to establishing a trusting relationship. By partnering with You & Five-O, our officers were able to attend a course that taught different aspects of various cultures. Because of the training, our officers are better equipped to meet the needs of our community.”
City of Kinston Police
“Today's presentation by You and Five-O offered a very candid, relevant and balanced perspective that every officer would benefit from. BJ's reminder that, at the end of the day, in any interaction with citizens and law enforcement, both parties just want to get home safely, was a poignant reminder of the very real fears and perceptions felt by both sides.”
Executive Director for Conservatives for Criminal Justice Reform
“When local law enforcement agencies embrace the community policing philosophy, and communities understand their role in it, both parties can work toward trust and mutual respect.”
You & Five-O Founder & Presenter
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The Top Five
Community members' concerns
01
Lack of Respect by officers
02
Fear to exercise their constitutional rights
03
Police misconduct/unprofessionalism
04
Complaints not handled or taken seriously
05
Lack of understanding how police do their jobs
The Four Pillars of Procedural Justice
The law enforcement industry has committed and aspires to have a culture and philosophy of procedural justice based on the concept of fairness in the processes used by the industry. The four pillars help build public trust and legitimacy. Communities are more likely to accept and trust a decision if the process was fair, transparent, respectful, and gave everyone a chance to be heard.
Treat people with dignity and respect
Be open and clear about what you are doing, trustworthiness
Give citizens a voice to explain their side, to be heard
Ensuring neutrality & transparency in making decisions
Hmmmmm notice anything about the Community Members Top Five & Law Enforcements Four Pillars? Neither seem to be asking for completely different things, maybe it's just different words describing some of the same needs.
YFO believes it sounds like Community Policing.
They Both Want to GO Home