服务和保护

新的指南针证书激发创意，
以社区为中心的公共安全方针

威尼斯游戏大厅指南针证书办公室 提供几种不同的课程，支持终身学习, all of which meet at the intersection of the liberal arts and rapidly changing workforce needs. 通常受社会环境的影响, 这些证书有意侧重于公平, 获取和包容.

The call for action around police reform and racial justice has grown louder in America in recent years. As cities across the country continue to work together to build safe neighborhoods, 事实证明，以社区为中心的新模式对公共安全产生了影响.

一月份，卡罗尔 教育与公共服务学院 与阿特·豪厄尔合作, 拉辛警察局的退休警察局长, to offer the first-ever Best Practices in Transformational 社区-Centered 公共安全 (CCPS) 凭证.

社区 leaders from Chicago-based nonprofits to governmental organizations met to discuss the shifting paradigm of public safety at The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread educational center in Racine, 威斯康辛州. 目标是将人们聚集在几个不同的空间三天, 根据Wingspread的使命和“召集撞击”."

The CCPS approach is a shared leadership model that raises the status of community leaders, reestablishing the fundamental premise that public safety officers are in place to serve and protect area residents – not occupy neighborhoods. Additionally, this new model emphasizes programming and services over enforcement whenever possible.

“This perspective gives people the opportunity to see the important role that residents can play in keeping their neighborhoods safe,凯西·克莱默说, 教育与公共服务学院院长. “它重塑了‘我们对他们’的心态.”

对克莱默来说，这个想法已经酝酿多年. 大约十年前, Kramer wondered what it would be like to approach community service as an immersive experience where Carroll students would live in a community for two weeks, 直接与学校接触, 课外项目, 教堂和社区. 克雷默与学校董事会的利益相关者合作, 来自教堂的牧师和当地警察部门来促进这个项目.

“我们发现的是, 如果你不参与社区的各个方面, you'll miss important understandings about the lives of students in your classroom,克莱默说.

去年, Kramer worked closely with Howell to develop the CCPS 凭证 so that diverse voices could be involved in the process and, 最终, 建立基于解决方案的行动计划，并将其带回社区. Howell's 36-year career in policing provided helpful context for the law enforcement perspective.

会议首先回顾了美国警察的历史, 小组成员的演讲和分组会议. Topics spanned from school safety and conflict resolution in domestic violence situations to office wellness and post-incarceration community re-entry.

14名与会者在三天内召开了8小时的会议, 下班后还有团契. Howell said this helped people get out of their silos and learn more about each other.

“People were astonished to learn about the work they were doing independent of each other,豪厄尔说. “They learned that if they were strategically aligned with leadership that holds their organizations accountable, 他们可以更有效.”

来自芝加哥的参与者, including various executive-level leaders from nonprofits like the Chicago Neighborhood Initiative, 大罗斯兰商会和儿童基金会, 占了第一批的大部分. 市议员，前美国参议员.S. 奥巴马政府的教育部长也出席了会议.

Howell says these community leaders realized that they all essentially wanted the same thing, 但他们之前从未共同努力实现这一目标. 日复一日, the meetings allowed participants to reflect on how they existed in this space together, putting ideas into a greater context they could take back with them to their communities.

The first day covered a historical perspective about the origin of policing – both its negative and positive connotations – to level set the conversation. 豪厄尔说，这一背景是改革的重要组成部分. On the one hand, America's law enforcement has a dark history, with roots reaching back to slavery. 另一方面, there is a sense of order stemming from Sir Robert Peel's nine policing principles, 19世纪在伦敦发展起来的. 让社会利益相关者认真对待公共安全问题, 意识到这两个因素是至关重要的.

“社区-oriented policing services are often tied to topics like the war on drugs and incarceration,豪厄尔说. “如果我们从历史背景开始, 有一种进步的方式, 我们可以开始强调公共安全而不是执法.”

另一个出席的组织, 创造真正的经济命运(CRED), works to give Chicago gang members and at-risk criminals access to trade professions. Its leader is a former convict who provided a powerful perspective to a room full of academics and community leaders.

第二天, 参与者开始适应他们的共享空间, 头脑风暴的想法不一定会出现在他们典型的工作日. 金伯利莫里斯, 一位来自芝加哥社区倡议(CNI)的参与者, felt that this level of teambuilding would not have been possible without the collaborative atmosphere that Wingspread's spaces provided.

“The training provided an amazing opportunity for community organizations to coalesce and strategize around solving some of our neighborhood’s toughest issues around violence, 创伤和恢复公共安全,金伯利·莫里斯说, director of real estate and community development for the Chicago Neighborhood Initiative (CNI). “Our group was able to walk away with a framework for our initiative that will transform the way our community remedies these issues.”

The approach also happens to align with CNI's overall strategy for holistic community development and its long-term goal to rebuild and restore the fabric of the Roseland neighborhood.

会议还包括专门讨论资产映射的会议, a path for stakeholders to learn how to work with neighboring organizations to find resources. 例如, 像联合劝募协会这样的组织在芝加哥有资产, 但如果这些领导者彼此之间没有联系或没有关系, 社区中的其他组织不能访问这些资产. 当涉及到资产映射时，有意的沟通是至关重要的.

“这是关于保存已经完成的工作，”豪厄尔说. “找到前进的道路. 词汇问题.”

Finally, on day three, the group advanced into the action planning phase, examining gaps to fill. Participants took a survey to figure out the next steps for their collective asset mapping and individual action plans, 哪一个Wingspread最终会发行.

在某种意义上, community success looks exactly like the CCPS training itself – different people coming together from different perspectives and collaborating to solve complex problems in their neighborhoods. If community stakeholders can work together and agree on best practices for public safety, 新的行动计划将为改革奠定基础.

Carroll hopes to offer virtual options for future cohorts – and continue these kinds of conversations in communities near and far.

“我很看重卡罗尔是如此积极的一部分，”克雷默说. “我们对彼此了解得越多, 我们了解得越多，我们之间的差异其实并没有那么大.”