Reconciliation is a method of facilitating frank engagements between minority communities, police and other authorities that allow them to address historical tensions, grievances, and misconceptions, and reset relationships.
Reconciliation is a method of facilitating frank engagements between minority communities, police and other authorities that allow them to address historical tensions, grievances, and misconceptions, and reset relationships. Respect, collaboration, and effective working relationships between police and the communities they serve are central to both community safety and effective policing. However, in many communities where serious crime is concentrated, mutual mistrust and misunderstanding prevent police and communities from working together.
The reconciliation process recognizes the very real American history of abusive law enforcement practices toward minority communities, beginning with slavery. It also respects—without endorsing—the sometimes damaging narratives each side has about the other. Many people in minority communities affected by high levels of violent crime and disorder genuinely believe that police are using drug laws and other law enforcement as a means to oppress them. Their alienation is fueled by the history of slavery, Jim Crow, and other legal oppression of minorities; high levels of intrusive police tactics like arrest and stop-and-frisk; and disrespectful behavior by police. When these communities are furious with the police, they are not inclined to work with the criminal justice system or speak out publicly against violence and crime. Serious offenders may wrongly believe that their own communities tolerate or even support their behavior.
Conversely, some in law enforcement genuinely believe that troubled minority communities are broadly tolerant of—and even complicit in—crime and violence. In fact, both research and national field experience clearly show that high-crime minority communities are the least tolerant of crime and disorder,1 and that in the most apparently dangerous communities the overwhelming majority of people do not behave violently.2 However, where police believe otherwise, they are more inclined to treat entire communities as criminal and employ aggressive and intrusive tactics.
The process of racial reconciliation addresses these deeply troubled relationships through engagement between law enforcement and community members about the long American history of legal abuse of minorities; the fact that traditional law enforcement has sometimes been both ineffective and caused unintentional damage to individuals, families, and communities; how police have often treated minority individuals and communities with disrespect; and the sincere desire of law enforcement to act differently and do better. There is, in turn, an engagement about the central importance, if there is to be community safety, of clear and powerful community norms against violence and other serious crime, and an effective working relationship with law enforcement.
The aim of racial reconciliation is that communities and law enforcement come to see that 1) they misunderstand each other in important ways, 2) both have been contributing to harms neither desires, 3) in crucial areas, both want fundamentally the same things, and 4) there is an immediate opportunity for partnership that can concretely benefit both the community and the authorities that serve it. The process reveals real common ground, shows police that communities reject violence and want to work with them in new ways, and facilitates communities in expressing strong and meaningful norms against violence and for good behavior.
This racial reconciliation approach was originally developed as part of the National Network for Safe Communities’ Drug Market Intervention, which has been effective in addressing crime and disorder in particularly troubled neighborhoods nationally.3 Some high-level police executives have been willing to make powerful public statements acknowledging history and seeking to foster reconciliation efforts. Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy has embraced these ideas and is setting a national standard for speaking about them publicly. Said McCarthy in a 2013 interview with WBEZ Chicago:
I understand the historical divide between police and communities of color – it’s rooted in the history of this country. The most visible arm of government is a police force, and the institutionalized governmental programs that promoted racist policies that were enforced by police departments in this country are part of the African American history in this country. And we have to recognize it because recognition is the first step towards finding a cure towards what is ailing us. Over the years we’ve actually done a lot of things wrong and I’m willing to admit that.
The National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice will seek to build on existing reconciliation practices, employ them on a wider geographic scale in cities, and adapt them to different racial and ethnic communities, youth, victims of crime, and the LGBQTI community.
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This document describes the principal elements we have identified as essential to the reconciliation process, and identifies a process and key steps. It is focused on police/community relations, while recognizing that the framework presented here may ideally be extended to other criminal justice institutions. Read More
Stockton Chief of Police Eric Jones published his thoughts on what he calls "principled policing" and how the Stockton Police Department is using that concept to build trust with its community and enhance public safety. Read More
The COPS Office and the National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice have provided overview briefs on topics important to building community safety by improving police legitimacy. Reconciliation focuses on a method of engaging minority communities and police or other authorities in order to repair relationships. Read More
The Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, in partnership with the Vera Institute of Justice and the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, has released a series of guidebooks intended to serve as a tool for all levels of law enforcement. This is one in a series of three guides, all of which can be found in the "Tools and Guides" section of the National Initiative website. Read More
The Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, in partnership with the Vera Institute of Justice and the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, has released a series of guidebooks intended to serve as a tool for all levels of law enforcement. This is one in a series of three guides, all of which can be found in the "Tools and Guides" section of the National Initiative website. Read More
On April 4, 2014, the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) hosted a conference with law enforcement officials, civil rights activists, academic experts, community leaders, and policymakers at the Ford Foundation offices in New York City. This forum was the first in a series of forums focusing on building trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve. This publication, recently published by COPS at DOJ, is a great outline of the first of many forums to focus on building trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve. Read More
This report discusses issues raised at an executive session hosted by the COPS Office and the National Network for Safe Communities in Washington, D.C. on January 11, 2012. Read More
"The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) convened three focus groups of community stakeholders, frontline officers, and law enforcement executives to discuss building community trust. They discussed strategies that have been used successfully to develop communities of trust and identified challenges facing law enforcement and the community. This toolkit collects some of the most successful strategies, and tools for engaging communities of color, here defined as people of African, Latino or Hispanic, Native American, Asian, or Pacific Island descent.
Communities of color have faced many decades of real and perceived mistreatment by the justice system and law enforcement, leading to fear, anger, resentment, and distrust. Communities of color often feel marginalized and mistreated. Recognizing and responding to mistrust lies at the heart of building stronger community-police relationships. This requires a variety of resources, protocols, policies, strategies, and training. Communities of color and police must continue to join forces to create safe environments. In this toolkit we share a number of promising programs working to improve community-police relations on a daily basis."
The National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice is a project to improve relationships and increase trust between communities and the criminal justice system and advance the public and scholarly understandings of the issues contributing to those relationships. In September 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a three year, $4.75 million grant to establish the project. In collaboration with the Department of Justice, the National Initiative is coordinated by the National Network for Safe Communities at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, with partnership from the Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School, the Center for Policing Equity at John Jay College and UCLA, and the Urban Institute.
This webinar describes the National Initiative's implementation efforts in its six pilot sites and gives background on the concepts and practices of reconciliation. In many communities where public trust in law enforcement has been compromised, a deliberate process of reconciliation is necessary before law enforcement and communities can work together to improve public safety. The presenter, David Kennedy, described the developing practices associated with reconciliation, how they can improve public trust and collaboration with law enforcement, and how this will be carried out in the National Initiative's six pilot sites.
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Karol V. Mason, Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs, delivers the keynote address of the National Network for Safe Communities' National Conference 2015.
This plenary session of the National Network for Safe Communities' conference provides an overview of the National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice and situates it within the context of the post-Ferguson climate around trust, legitimacy, reform, and reconciliation. Participants discuss the genesis of the National Initiative, its aims and early steps, and its relevance to the national interest in re-examining traditional criminal justice and promoting truth-telling and reconciliation between law enforcement and the communities it serves. Moderated by David Kennedy, Director of the NNSC, this panel features Katherine Darke Schmitt, Policy Advisor in the Office of Justice Programs at the US Department of Justice, Tom Tyler, Macklin Fleming Professor of Law at Yale University, Tracie Keesee, Project Director of the National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice, and Priscilla Hayner, independent writer and consultant on truth and reconciliation processes.
This plenary session of the National Network for Safe Communities' conference addresses the cultural shifts taking place in law enforcement agencies and communities around the country. Participants discuss how gradually changing law enforcement practices have affected the relationships between police and the communities they serve, and how momentum has built behind practices that acknowledge history, repair legitimacy, and rebuild public trust. Moderated by Professor Phillip Atiba Goff of the Center for Policing Equity at UCLA, this panel features Chief A.C. Roper of Birmingham Police Dept., Ben McBride, Founder of the Empower Initiative, and Rev. K. Edward Copeland, Pastor of the New Zion Baptist Church of Rockford, IL.
“When any part of the American family does not feel like it is being treated fairly, that’s a problem for all of us,” said the President. “It’s not just a problem for some. It’s not just a problem for a particular community or a particular demographic. It means that we are not as strong as a country as we can be. And when applied to the criminal justice system, it means we’re not as effective in fighting crime as we could be.”
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In this video of the Inaugural George and Margaret Barrock Lecture, Professor Tracey Meares of Yale Law School speaks at Marquette Law School on police legitimacy among African-American men.
In this series of short videos, Professor Tracey Meares of Yale Law School discusses the theories of deterrence and legitimacy of law that underpin Project Safe Neighborhoods.
Stockton, California, is one of six pilot sites employing strategies, examining policies, and developing evidence through research to reduce implicit bias, enhance procedural justice, and promote racial reconciliation. - Learn More
Minneapolis, Minnesota, is one of six pilot sites employing strategies, examining policies, and developing evidence through research to reduce implicit bias, enhance procedural justice, and promote racial reconciliation. - Learn More
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is one of six pilot sites employing strategies, examining policies, and developing evidence through research to reduce implicit bias, enhance procedural justice, and promote racial reconciliation. - Learn More
Gary, Indiana, is one of six pilot sites employing strategies, examining policies, and developing evidence through research to reduce implicit bias, enhance procedural justice, and promote racial reconciliation. - Learn More
Fort Worth, Texas, is one of six pilot sites employing strategies, examining policies, and developing evidence through research to reduce implicit bias, enhance procedural justice, and promote racial reconciliation. - Learn More
Birmingham, Alabama, is one of six pilot sites employing strategies, examining policies, and developing evidence through research to reduce implicit bias, enhance procedural justice, and promote racial reconciliation. - Learn More
Stockton Police Chief Eric Jones: "It is clearer than ever that to reach significant reductions in violent crime, police trust-building must be a priority. Whether some community members do not report crime or do not work with police due to apathy, fear, or a lack of confidence, it is data-driven policing coupled with trust-building that can begin to change that. Whether some community members do not occupy their public spaces because of perceived or actual crime, smarter policing and trust-building can ease these fears." - Read More
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, one of six cities of the National Initiative, has proven particularly successful in its work with the Youth-Police Advisory Committee (PGHYPAC), an organization co-founded by Chief Cameron McLay of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police and students from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. This organization promotes "reconciliation" between students (grades 6-12) and law enforcement representatives, involving participants from the Mayor's Office, District Attorney's Office, and US Attorney's Office. National Initiative Assists Pittsburgh and Minneapolis in Building Police-Community Trust. Minneapolis, Minnesota, another of the National Initiative’s pilot sites, has announced several changes to the Minneapolis Police Department’s (MPD) use-of-force policy to begin repairing the broken relationship between law enforcement and communities of color. - Read More
The National Initiative would like to take this moment to offer a word of support to all of our law enforcement and community partners. - Read More
On November 19 and 20, 2015, the National Initiative held a rountable discussions hosted by the Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School. - Read More
On March 13, at the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement (NOBLE) William R. Bracey CEO Symposium, New York Police Department Commissioner Bill Bratton delivered a powerful message about the state of policing in New York City and across the nation. He addressed historical wrongs the police have done; acknowledged tensions, both past and recent; and presented a vision for the NYPD to “set right” relations with the city’s most vulnerable neighborhoods by hearing their input and providing improved public safety. - Read More
At the 2008 National Institute of Justice Conference, David Kennedy talked about his work to combat drug markets and promote police-community reconciliation, especially within the High Point Intervention, an innovative program now being replicated in many sites nationally under the Drug Market Intervention. - Read More
The National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice is designed to make real and rapid progress on the strained and often broken relationship between many communities -- especially, alienated communities of color -- and law enforcement. - Read More
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WFAA - May 2017
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New Haven Independent - April 2017
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AL.com - April 2017
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Stockton Record - March 2017
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Listening in a new way
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Stockton Record - December 2016
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NI Newsletter - December 2016
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Complex Magazine - November 2016
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The Birmingham Times - November 2016
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Huffington Post - October 2016
Can Empathy Improve Policing?
Washington Post - October 2016
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Minneapolis Star Tribune - August 2016
Minneapolis police reveal changes to use-of-force policy
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WVTM - July 2016
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California Police Chiefs - July 2016
Principled Policing
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MinnPost - April 2016
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Association for Psychological Science - December 2015
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Yale Law School - December 2015
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NJ.Com - December 2015
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WESA- Pittsburgh - December 2015
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VICE - December 2015
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New York Times - November 2015
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New York Daily News - November 2015
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Chicago Tribune - November 2015
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The Atlantic - November 2015
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State of California, Office of the Attorney General - November 2015
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Los Angeles Times - November 2015
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New York Times - November 2015
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Minnesota Daily - September 2015
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AL.com - June 2015
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WVTM13 - June 2015
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Federal pilot project seeks to stem racial bias in law enforcement
- March 2015
Attorney General Holder Announces the First Six Pilot Sites for the National Initiative
Guardian - March 2015
Eric Holder on US policing – full text of the speech
Here's the Thing with Alec Baldwin - March 2015
Bryan Stevenson Wants “Equal Justice”
The White House - March 2015
What 21st Century Policing Means
The White House - March 2015
Remarks by the President after Meeting with Task Force on 21st Century Policing
Lima Ohio - February 2015
Police urged to directly engage minority communities
The Center on Media, Crime and Justice - February 2015
2015 H.F. Guggenheim Conference on Crime in America
ABC7 - January 2015
Training program focused on police community relations
New Haven Register - January 2015
New Haven police chief named to board of national ‘trust’ intitiative
The Crime Report - January 2015
Citizen Distrust Of Police Can Fuel Violence, David Kennedy Contends
WYNC - January 2015
John Eterno and David Kennedy on Nuanced Policing
St. Louis Public Radio - January 2015
Justice Department Launches Effort To Establish Trust Between Police, Communities
WNYC - January 2015
The Police-Community Divide
The Epoch Times - January 2015
Research Institute Teaches Police Departments How to Police Fairly
The Huffington Post - December 2014
A Blueprint for Local Police Reform to Improve Legitimacy
WNYC - December 2014
The Police-Community Divide
New York Daily News - December 2014
Building back trust to save lives
The White House - December 2014
President Obama Discusses Communities and Law Enforcement Working Together
Georgetown Public Policy Review - November 2014
Interview: Criminal Justice and Ferguson
Tina Brown Media - November 2014
American Justice Summit 2014: Breaking The Cycle of Violence
Urban Institute - October 2014
Stop and Frisk: The Role of Police Strategies and Tactics in Police-Community Relations
The White House, Office of the Press Secretary - September 2014
Remarks by the President at Congressional Black Caucus Awards Dinner
The Brian Lehrer Show - September 2014
“A Moment of Decision” About Policing
St. Louis Public Radio - September 2014
Justice Department Launches Effort To Establish Trust Between Police, Communities
Vox - September 2014
The next frontier in police reform: training cops in empathy
PBS News Hour - September 2014
Justice Department aims to rebuild trust in police with community engagement initiative
Fusion - September 2014
Does race matter in policing?
The New Republic - August 2014
Ferguson’s Schools Are Just as Troubling as Its Police Force
New Haven Register - August 2014
Greater New Haven chiefs: Diversity a key ingredient in effective policing
NPR - August 2014
For People Of Color, Relationships With Police Are Complicated
WNYC - July 2014
Old Cops Teach New Picks
WNYC - May 2014
One Mother, an Anti-Violence Expert and a Recipe to Lower the Body Count
Swarthmore College - May 2014
What if Criminal Justice Had a Hippocratic Oath?
Huffington Post - April 2014
Federal Prosecutor Tries A Radical Tactic In The Drug War: Not Throwing People In Prison
WNYC - April 2014
Can This Relationship Be Saved?
MSNBC's Ronan Farrow Daily - April 2014
Call to Action: Under arrest at school
CNN - March 2014
PTSD from your ZIP code: Urban violence and the brain
Chicago Sun Times - February 2014
Chicago Police ‘custom notifications’: Is it profiling?
WAMC NPR - January 2014
High Point, NC Police Fight Crime Family Intervention Style
Essence Magazine - December 2013
What Does it Take to Change a LIfe?
Indy Week - November 2013
Can police prevent domestic violence simply by telling offenders to stop?
WHYY Public Media - November 2013
Behind the reduction of gang violence in Philadelphia
WHYY Public Media - September 2013
Reclaiming ‘The Corner’
New York Times - September 2013
Frisking Tactic Yields to a Focus on Youth Gangs
New York Daily News - July 2013
Getting beyond stop-and-frisk
DNAinfo Chicago - May 2013
Chicago’s Top Cop Calls U.S. War on Drugs ‘Wholesale Failure’
WNYC - April 2013
Flashpoint: A Tale of Two Police Forces
WGBH - April 2013
David Kennedy: Unorthodox Ways to Stem Crime
NBC Nightly News - February 2013
Flashpoint: Gun violence in New Orleans
The Denver Post - December 2012
Denver police chief’s shake-up gets mixed reviews
The Auston Chronicle - July 2012
Working ‘The Corner’
The Dylan Ratigan Show - April 2012
A Time to Heal: Repairing America’s Relationship with Young Black Men
The Dylan Ratigan Show - February 2012
Ending the Stranglehold of the Prison Industrial Complex on America
White House Champions for Change - December 2011
Lt. Daniel Gannon discusses the Drug Market Intervention
Delaware Online - October 2011
Two views on violence
Providence Journal - June 2011
Police, residents work to lower crime at Providence’s troubled Chad Brown project
ABC News Primetime - November 2010
Taking Back the Streets
Seattle Times - May 2010
East Palo Alto chief rebuilt city’s trust in police
WMC-TV - January 2010
Law enforcement, city leaders look to stamp out open-air drug markets
Newsweek - January 2009
Crime: David Kennedy’s Obsession With Drug Dealers
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