by Mike Olson ABC Columbia, SC
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Today at the State House, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott announced a new component to the department’s continued partnership with Police2Peace. The non-profit organization works to help law enforcement better serve the community with community-based programs for better engagement and police-based programs for training, such as de-escalation and peace initiatives.
Learn more at The Peace Officer Promise.
Police2Peace is an organization addressing the issue for our time: reimagining the relationship that communities have with the police. A national, nonpartisan nonprofit bringing a new approach to community-led policing to cities around the country, Police2Peace is using the framework of police officers as Peace Officers to redefine, reimagine and advance policing nationally.
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Here are some ways you can get involved: do mediation in your community, organize an event with police and community, or start a community police relations group. Send us a message or give us a call. We will respond within 24 hours with the tools you need to get started.
Police2Peace is a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit corporation formed to redefine, reimagine and advance policing on a national scale through the framework of police officers as “Peace Officers”. All donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
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