NAACP Courageous On Race

On 12-5-2009 I attended the “Courageous Conversation on Race” at the Mexican Heritage Plaza in San José. The NAACP presented the conference. The conference had a distinguished group of panelist. One area of discussion was how the police and community are fragmented in their relationship. The police need to embrace the philosophy of community policing. Community Policing is Democracy in action. It requires the active participation of local government, civic and business leaders, public and private agencies, community residents, churches, schools, and hospitals. I hope to continue the discussion of community policing and community relations in future blogs.