You And The Law Podcast Show

Join the Co-host Chiefs live on Thursday at 6PM CST. As they discuss Policing in the United States faces a serious public relations problem. There is a lack of trust between the police and the public resulting in poor police community relations.

Law enforcement agencies need to find ways to engage with the communities they serve that show the police service in a positive light and improve relations with the citizens they serve. Therefore, police services should foster community engagement to improve police-community relations.

For all of this to work successfully, however, requires a commitment by the police agency, the individual officers, and the community. And when done successfully, the result will be improved police-community relations. Please join in on this important conversation.

Join the Co-host Chiefs on Thursday at 6PM CST. As they discuss the recent shooting in Chicago. Where four plainclothes officers in 41 seconds shot 96 rounds.

The nearly 100 bullets, killing the 26-year-old, continue to stir up heated debate and question marks over the use of force by law enforcement. After being pulled over on March 21 by plainclothes officers for an alleged seatbelt violation, the Driver refused to comply with the officers, and within seconds the driver fired the first shot, sparking a frantic shootout and injuring one of the officers. Join us as we discuss the necessary and reasonable use of deadly force.

Join the Co-host Chiefs on Thursday at 6PM CST. With their guests, Helenia C. Valencino, with Aunt -Mom Basic Tribe Foundation along with guest Mashona Jackson. They discuss sex trafficking and how drugs can play a role.

Traffickers may exploit individuals' existing opioid use or other SUDs to coerce them into sex trafficking, or they may facilitate substance use to keep trafficking victims from exiting. Additionally, trafficking victims may use substances to cope with trauma. On Saturday, April 6th in Little Rock, Arkansas Aunt -Mom Basic Tribe Foundation will be hosting an event that will address Sex Trafficking and How Drugs Play A Role

oin the Co-host Chiefs on Thursday at 6PM CST. With their guest Chief Sheryl Victorian With the Waco, Texas Police Department. March is Women’s History Month. It’s a time to celebrate women’s contributions to history in policing, Chief Victorian has an amazing career in law enforcement.

She is a native Texan and a 29-year law enforcement professional. She was sworn in as the City of Waco’s Chief of Police on March 15, 2021, also serving as the city's first female and the first black female in the history of the city to serve as police chief after serving with the Houston Police Department for 28 years. Join us as we talk about her journey in law enforcement.

Join the Co-host Chiefs on Thursday at 6PM CST. As they discuss is there a way forward a conversation about policing and crime in America? The year 2020 was clearly an extremely challenging time for communities and law enforcement agencies throughout the United States. High-profile use-of-force incidents led to days of protests, civil unrest, and, tragically, further violence, destruction, and death.

After the most recent police brutality incident in Mississippi where six former Rankin County Sheriff deputies are facing prison time for the brutal beating of two black men. So, the challenge confronting our communities and our agencies is how to effectively move forward together to build a shared understanding and identify common solutions to better protect our communities.

Join the Co-host Chiefs on Thursday at 6PM CST. With their guests Tim and Jessica Smith with Cover 6 Counseling in Norman, Oklahoma. As they discuss Surviving a First Responders Marriage. A strong support network is critical for first responders to maintain good mental health. Spouses/partners play a key role in this.

Spouses are likely to notice early warning signs that their loved one is possibly struggling with a mental health issue, organizational stress, or cumulative stress symptoms such as burnout, compassion fatigue or morale injury. For spouses to be aware of potential warning signs, first-responder couples should establish effective communication techniques built on trust, honesty, and respect

We will look at several incidents where alleged police misconduct occurred, that terrorized the black community in a small community in Alabama where police officers often seized and arrested men and women for simple traffic violations. Often officers are rehired by other agencies who do very little background checks. Should state police certification and licensing agencies who issue those licenses adopt systems that would decertify officers after instances of serious misconduct.

oin the Co-host Chiefs on Thursday at 6PM CST. Streaming live on Facebook Live and YouTube. As they discuss another Black History Month Topic. In the aftermath of protests of George Floyd’s murder by a police officer in 2020, many agencies hired Black chiefs for the first time. Of the country’s 50 largest police departments, 26 were led by Black police chiefs.

After decades under the leadership of white leaders, black police chiefs were brought in to repair decades of damage between the police and the black community.

Tune in tonight at 6PM CST as we continue our Black History Month Podcast with our guests Boley, Oklahoma Police Chief Rollins, and Maud, Oklahoma Police Chief Brawner.

Join the Co-host Chiefs on Thursday at 6 PM.CST With their guest Retired Assistant Chief of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Jonni Redick as they discuss Finding Your Voice in Law Enforcement.

We kick off our Black History Month on You & The Law as we discuss Silencing The History of Policing In America. Since the civil rights movement and recent events of police brutality is history been repeated or is there silence in law enforcement about the long history of racism and brutality?

The extent and scope of this travesty and utter disregard for human life is still largely being kept under wraps. However, what has been reported thus far is chilling. The gravesites of the 215 bodies are identifiable only by a number and a metal rod. The bodies were not embalmed, given coffins, or properly buried. The graves were dug by inmates, and the burials were likely carried out by the same inmates. But some local officials are saying they aren’t responsible, so who is responsible?

join the Co-host Chiefs on Thursday at 6 PM CST. Streaming live on Facebook Live and YouTube. As they discuss the shocking revelation that has unfolded in Jackson, Mississippi. And why does the Jackson Police Department have a pattern of not informing families about the death of their loved ones? Click on the link to listen live

An Unprecedented Surge in Future Youth Crime was Predicted decades ago. Join us tonight at 6 PM.CST streaming live on Facebook Live and YouTube. As we discuss is there a solution to preventing juvenile crime?

In a lesser-known part of his March on Washington speech, Martin Luther King Jr. proclaimed, “We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality.” Many people, upon hearing this, might assume that King was simply referring to the violence wreaked by the police department in Birmingham, Alabama, and its commissioner, Bull Connor, during the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s desegregation campaign. But King understood that police brutality like segregation wasn’t just a Southern problem.

Sixty years later police brutality and racial injustice are still a problem in the black community, join the co-host Chiefs on Thursday at 6 PM CST. For a Martin Luther King Jr. Special podcast with their guests Garland Pruitt Oklahoma City Chapter President with the NAACP and Larry Hicks with the Little Rock, Arkansas NAACP. They discuss Reflections on MLK's fight to stop police brutality and racial injustice in the United States.

What Can The Public Expect From Law Enforcement in 2024, after another troubling year in policing, Many communities are left wondering what the will police do in 2024 to improve their partnership with their citizens. Tune in and join the conversation with the Co-host Chiefs. As they discuss What Can The Public Expect From Law Enforcement In 2024.

Some experts stress that more training won't eradicate police violence if we look back at some of the high-profile police encounters that turned deadly like George Floyd, and Michael Brown, where Daunte Wright's killing is about more than Kim Potter's use of a gun instead of a Taser it’s about the nation's violent policing system, experts say.

Join the cohost Chiefs Thursday live at 6PM CST. As they discuss recently a watchdog group found where a police training firm taught cops offensive and ‘likely illegal’ tactics. Where Instructors at a police training conference in Atlantic City in 2021 a year after the death and unrest involving George Floyd. That drew 1,000 officers including hundreds from New Jersey glorified violence, encouraged insubordination, and promoted unconstitutional policing tactics that undercut a decade of police reform.

There are many myths surrounding traffic tickets and the refusal to sign a citation that is spread by word of mouth. Have you ever heard that signing a traffic ticket means you are admitting guilt?

Join the cohost Chiefs this Wednesday live at 6PM CST. As they discuss a recent minor traffic accident in Atlanta, Georgia where a police officer investigating a minor car accident used a Taser on a distraught and confused 62-year-old church deacon, who later died. Who disregarded multiple commands to sign a traffic ticket, shocking the man who repeatedly said he could not breathe, according to body camera video released by the Atlanta Police Department.

WHAT IS EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE TRAINING IN POLICING

It is the ability to use awareness of one’s own emotions and those of others to manage interactions successfully. It ensures clear communication and effective handling of conflict. However, most in law enforcement understand that social intelligence is a primary skill associated with the development of community policing.

Join You And The Law Podcast on Thursday at 6PM CST. Streaming Live on Facebook Live with the cohost Chiefs and this week’s guests Linda Webb, Co-Founder/CEO with RITE Academy, and Randy Friedman, Co-Founder/President with RITE Academy. Since 2015, RITE has been a leading training provider of Emotional Intelligence De-escalation for Public Service.

SHOW TOPIC: Is There Bias In Police Investigation

Join You And The Law Podcast on Thursday at 6PM CST. Streaming Live on Facebook Live with the cohost Chiefs and this week’s guest you have seen him on the A&E first 48 Retired Tulsa Police Department Homicide Detective Dave Walker. After 36 years in the Tulsa Police Department and becoming one of the most well-recognized figures in the First 48 series. He joins the Chiefs to talk about is there bias in the police investigation.

When a crime is committed, police investigators are tasked with developing a suspect based on evidence. But, too often, their cognitive biases, unconscious beliefs they hold, and inadvertent mental tendencies they have influence this process.

Join You And The Law Podcast on Thursday at 6PM CST. Streaming Live on Facebook live as the cohost Chiefs discuss human trafficking. It's not just a labor problem, it’s a hidden problem. Human trafficking happens in almost every country around the world, including the United States.

Traffickers represent every social, ethnic, and racial group. Traffickers are not only men; women are also perpetrators. Increasingly, traffickers are using fear tactics to lure children and youth into commercial sex acts.

Recently In Florida, more than 200 people are facing charges after an undercover, multi-agency operation. Among the people facing charges are a local school athletic director and coach and a few Disney employees, according to officials

How and why did it take a police department In Jackson, Mississippi from March to August to identify, and notify the family of a man who was struck by a police vehicle?

Understanding the Significance of Community Outreach Programs is key for communities and law enforcement to work together to create successful programs that will benefit those who need those services and programs. Why did it take the killing of George Floyd to spark an American Uprising and communities and organizations across the United States to create diversion programs or other alternative programs? But are those programs working in those communities?

Tune in live on Thursday at 6PM CST. With the cohost chiefs with You And The Law Podcast as they discuss are community outreach programs created by default or design.

Join the cohost Chiefs live on Thursday at 6 pm CST. streaming live on Facebook Live. As they take a look into the 2019 death of old Elijah McClain, in Aurora, Colorado a 23-year-old Black man who died after being stopped by police in a Denver suburb, who was walking home after going to the store. When he was restrained and injected with ketamine.

The position of a police chief has always been a demanding job. A police chief must know how to run a complex organization, in many cases a very large organization. Chiefs must have strong leadership skills and a vision for meeting the needs of the community. And the stakes are high because police have unique power and authority over people. The consequences of a mistake by any member or group of the organization can be catastrophic.

Join the Cohost Chiefs this Thursday at 6PM CST. They discuss several recent incidents where police chiefs had to take a stand for what was right even knowing their positions were in jeopardy. Recently the police chief in Baton Rouge found himself speaking out against members of his own agency. BRPD chief outraged at a public meeting as metro council questions him on Brave Cave investigation.

Join the cohost chiefs this Thursday at 6 PM.CST. Along with their guest Major Anthony April with the Alaska State Patrol. He is the Alaska State Troopers Deputy Director of Operations. April made history on February 24, 2022, as the first Alaskan to be invited to speak at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Join us as we talk about being a State Trooper in Alaska,

In the Blink of an Eye, unnecessary encounters by police officers happen all too often. In a recent encounter in Birmingham, Alabama. Listen to the audio clip where after a local high school football game, police ordered a band director to stop playing.

Join the Cohost Chiefs tonight at 6 p.m. CST, as they discuss this and many other questionable encounters by police officers. Was this unacceptable police behavior? Leave your comments and tell us what you think and join the podcast tonight.

He is believed to be one of the earliest African Americans to receive a commission as a deputy U.S. marshal west of the Mississippi River. Reeves worked for thirty-two years as a deputy marshal in the Indian Territory. He was the only deputy to begin with Parker's court and work until Oklahoma statehood in 1907.

Join us this Thursday at 6PM CST. With our guest author and historian on Bass Reeves Art Burton and Ernest Marsh - Actor Producer Stuntman Wrangler Ernest co-produced and acted in the Black Cowboy Documentary (2023). Ernest is the number one Bass Reeves Living History Reenactor, We will also talk about the upcoming documentary movie on Bass Reeves. LAWMAN BASS REEVES starring David Oyelowo (Selma)

We’ll never know what Philando Castile was feeling when the police lights first flashed across his rearview mirror in a suburb city of Minneapolis, Minnesota on a summer evening in 2016. But we can be reasonably certain that he wasn’t feeling surprised. The traffic stop commonly known as a pretextual traffic stop for a broken taillight that precipitated his tragic death, and captured the nation’s attention, was nothing out of the ordinary for Castile. It was in fact the 46th time he had been pulled over. And while this figure may seem shocking to some, there is sadly nothing aberrational about it.

Join the Cohost Chiefs on Thursday at 6PM CST. Streaming live on Facebook Live. As they discuss do American traffic laws give police way too much power.

Kids are still an afterthought in reforms championed by lawmakers and pushed by police departments. But in case after case, children as young as 6 have been treated harshly even brutally by police officers. The recent viral video of a 10-year-old being handcuffed for peeing behind his mother’s car by a Mississippi police officer. Has again raised many concerns about why officers are so quick to handcuff black children. The boy’s mother says he remains traumatized by the incident.

Join the Cohost Chiefs on Thursday at 6PM CST. Streaming live on Facebook Live. As they discuss black children made up more than 50% of those who were handcuffed and handled forcibly, though they are only 15% of the U.S. child population.

Show Topic: ‘Goon Squad’ of law officers

Over the past decade, there have been many disturbing encounters between police and the black community. Where officers have used excessive force on unarmed African Americans. The death of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died three days after being beaten in a traffic stop in early January by five Black Police Officers in Memphis shocked the country.

Now eight months later we are hearing about another outrageous police brutality incident that occurred in the same month in Mississippi before Tyre Nichols's death. The Six white former Rankin law enforcement officers pleaded guilty to hindering prosecution in their torturing of two Black men as part of a “Goon Squad” operation aimed at getting African Americans to “go back” to the predominantly Black city of Jackson.

Join the Cohost Chiefs' Retired Police Chief Keith Humphrey and Chief Virgil Green. Thursday at 6PM CST. Streaming live on Facebook Live as they talk about one of the most disturbing police brutality cases in years where one of the victims was shot in the mouth. Click on the link, listen live, and join as we discuss this important topic. https://www.facebook.com/youandthelaw1

Join the Cohost Chiefs Retired Police Chief Keith Humphrey and Chief Virgil Green. Thursday at 6 PM CST. Streaming live on Facebook Live from the 51st Annual The National Black Police Association in Nashville, TN. Join the Cohost Chiefs as they talk with members of the NBPA during the conference.

Join the Co-host Chiefs, retired police Chief Keith Humphrey and Chief Virgil Green, and their guest Pastor Matt Porter with Victory Family Church in Newcastle, Oklahoma. As they discuss when white parents have "the talk" with their black children. Pastor Porter and his wife are parents of two black boys. Pastor Porter shares. It is subtle, but a parent notices the extra second their children are not afforded the same considerations that other children naturally and unconsciously enjoy.

More police departments are looking at developing “alternative” or “co-response” programs to minimize or eliminate the role of police officers responding to nonviolent 911 calls.

Many critics and some police unions have criticized police leaders for taking alternative responses. Tune in Thursday at 6pm CST. Streaming live on Facebook, with co-hosts chiefs retired police chief Keith Humphrey and Chief Virgil Green as they discuss this informative topic.

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Join us for another informative topic tonight at 6 PM.CST streaming live on Facebook Live with your Co-hosts Chiefs. As they discuss the Embedded Culture of Policing. Why is the culture of Policing so hard to change? They will discuss several recent police use of force incidents like the incident with a LA County Sheriff Deputy throwing an elderly black lady on the ground

Join the Co-hosts Chiefs along with their guest Bob Scales CEO of Police Strategies LLC an expert regarding police departments that find themselves coming under a DOJ consent decrees. How effective are consent decrees in monitoring police departments? efforts to reform their agencies.

It’s no secret that law enforcement is a demanding profession. Long hours and high-stress situations can easily lead to burnout. Just like there is no way to predict the situations each officer will face each day. Join the Chiefs and their guest as they discuss recognizing when it's time to leave the profession.

Tune in Thursday at 6pm CST. Streaming live on Facebook, with this week's guest retired deputy police chief of the Fort Worth Police Department Gene Jones.

Show Topic: Juneteenth A Celebration Of Freedom

Join the Cohosts Chiefs for another episode of You And The Law Podcast as they discuss Juneteenth the Celebration of Freedom. Where Americans will soon celebrate Juneteenth, marking the day when the last enslaved people in Texas learned they were free.

For generations, Black Americans have recognized the end of one of the darkest chapters in U.S. history with joy, in the form of parades, street festivals, musical performances or cookouts.

The U.S. government was slow to embrace the occasion it was only in 2021 that President Joe Biden signed a bill passed by Congress to set aside Juneteenth, or June 19th, as a federal holiday. Tune in live Thursday at 6PM CST. Streaming live on Facebook Live. Click on the link, listen live, and join as we discuss this important topic. https://www.facebook.com/youandthelaw1

Show Topic: PART 2 FAMILIES IMPACTED BY GUN VIOLENCE

Derek Olivier, an Arkansas Baptist College student, was shot and killed in September 2012 near the campus while helping a group with car trouble. The case is still unsolved. He left his Louisiana life as a star high school football player and brought his talents to Arkansas Baptist University in the summer of 2012.

Just months later his parents Mr. and Mrs. Alma Olivier would receive that call that parents never want to receive, that Derek had been the victim of gun violence. Derek stopped to help a group of men change a flat tire near campus that evening. Derek was not an intended target. Instead, he was in the wrong place at the wrong time just helping a stranger when he could.

Join the Cohosts Chiefs with this week’s guest the mother of Derek, Mrs. Alma Olivier as they talk about how families like the Olivier are impacted by gun violence.

Tune in live Thursday at 6PM CST. Streaming live on Facebook Live. Click on the link, listen live, and join as we discuss this important topic. https://www.facebook.com/youandthelaw1

There are nearly 300 million firearms in the US, almost as many guns as there are people. It is the most heavily armed country per capita in the world. In this episode of You And The Law Podcast the cohosts chiefs retired police chief Keith Humphrey, and Chief Virgil Green will look at it. Guns, culture, and crime in the US, we look at why the debate over gun control is so polarized as they discuss finding out what fuels the love for guns in this country.

Tune in live Thursday at 6 PM CST. Streaming live on Facebook Live. Click on the link, listen live, and join as we discuss this important topic. https://www.facebook.com/youandthelaw1

Show Topic: THE BLUE WALL OF SILENCE

Recently former President Donald Trump called the black police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt a ‘thug’ during a CNN town hall. In addition, he falsely said that the officer bragged about killing Babbitt. Since his interview, there has been total silence from the police community to come out and denounce the former president’s name-calling of a federal black police officer. does this blue wall of silence from police organizations and associations continue to perpetuate the deep-rooted racist problem in policing?

The bigger question is why these groups have been silent.

Tune in live this Thursday at 6:00 pm CST. Streaming live on Facebook with the Co-host Chiefs retired police chief Keith Humphrey and Chief Virgil Green. As they discuss the wall of silence what does this say about the treatment of black police officers? Click on the link, listen live, and join as we discuss this important topic. https://www.facebook.com/youandthelaw1

Show Topic: The Value of Citizen Police Academies

The relationship between the community and the police has always been an uneasy one. In an otherwise “free” society, law enforcement officers are perceived to have a great deal of power, and our day-to-day job is largely misunderstood. Join the cohost Chief’s retired police chief Keith Humphrey and Chief Virgil Green and their guest as they discuss “Citizens Police Academy” what are the benefits and what are negatives.

Tune in Live Thursday at 6 PM CST. Click on the link, listen live, and join as we discuss this important topic. https://www.facebook.com/youandthelaw1

SHOW TOPIC: WHAT'S THE GOAL OF POLICE REFORM

Join in live this Thursday at 6:00 pm CST. Live on Facebook with the Co-host Chiefs retired police chief Keith Humphrey and Chief Virgil Green. As they discuss police reform after the murder of George Floyd by a white Minneapolis police officer that touched off months of demonstrations against police brutality, a U.S. public opinion survey suggests solid support among Americans for broad reforms to policing. But is that same support felt among the police officers and police unions?

Join the chiefs as they discuss police reform is necessary, but how do we do it? what’s the goal of police reform? Click on the link, listen live, and join as we discuss this important topic. https://www.facebook.com/youandthelaw1

Join in live this Thursday at 6:00pm CST. Live on Facebook with the Co-host Chiefs retired police chief Keith Humphrey and Chief Virgil Green. As they discuss police reform after the murder of George Floyd by a white Minneapolis police officer that touched off months of demonstrations against police brutality, a U.S. public opinion survey suggests solid support among Americans for broad reforms to policing. But is that same support felt among the police officers and police unions?

Join the chiefs as they discuss police reform is necessary, but how do we do it? what’s the goal of police reform? Click on the link, listen live, and join as we discuss this important topic. https://www.facebook.com/youandthelaw1

SHOW TOPIC: THE 60-SECOND RULE

Join in live this Thursday at 6:00pm CST. Live on Facebook with the Co-host Chiefs retired police chief Keith Humphrey and Chief Virgil Green. And their guest Tyrone Terrell president of the African American Leadership Council (AALC) representing over 30 African American organizations and over 55 members in St. Paul and Minneapolis Twin Cities Communities.

Will join the Chiefs in this week’s episode as they talk about “what’s The 60 Second Rule” and what’s behind the surge in gangs, cliques, or groups of young people who are driving this surge in crime. Will also discuss what are some of the answers to lasting peace on the streets between both cities and what can police do to help.

In this week's episode of You and the Law Podcast Show, the co-hosts Chiefs discuss Stop And Identify. What are citizens' rights when they are stopped by a police officer if they are walking where no crime has been committed?

Join us for our final episode of Women's History Month with the Co-hosts Chiefs and this week's guest Ret. Fayetteville, North Carolina Police Chief Gina Hawkins, and Ret, Deputy Assistant Director U.S. Secret Service and Past National President Lynda Williams along with Chief Sabrina Naulings with San Jacinto College Police Department.

Join the Co-hosts Chiefs for Part 3 of this month's series during women's history month. Black Women Leaders in law enforcement, with this week's guests Tacoma, Washington Assistant Police Chief Crystal Haskins, and Laura Martin the Community engagement manager with the Little Rock Police Department.

March is Women's History Month, Join the Co-hosts Chiefs for part 2 of their series featuring Black Female Leaders In Policing. This week's guest is Dallas County First Elected Black Female Constable Tracey Gulley who oversees the largest constable district in Dallas County Precinct 1.

March is Women's History Month, and this month the Co-hosts Chiefs will feature black female leaders in law enforcement, This week's guests are Houston Metro Transit Authority Police Department Police Chief Vera Bumpers and past National President with NOBLE and Dr. LaTeasha Watson former Police Chief with the Henderson, Nevada Police Department. Will talk about how black women are breaking barriers in law enforcement.