Join us in a conversation with UI public safety experts about some of the challenges faced by police and other safety officials in the current climate, such as how the First Amendment is upheld, maintaining public safety relationships with undocumented immigrants in an uncertain time, progressing on trust issues with underrepresented groups and police, and how the community can engage positively and proactively with these issues and challenges. The Presidential Task Force on 21st Century Policing Report (2015) became an important roadmap for focusing on both community and police as entities that, together, can appropriately target criminal activity and reduce community trauma; we will also discuss some of the issues that challenge the progress for the recommendations to come to fruition under the new administration. You are encouraged to join Sgt. James Carter and PTI Director Michael Schlosser in a dialogue about thinking critically about these issues, as well as how we can all be empowered and informed community members in the face of fast-changing communications and media – social and otherwise – that may impact what we *think* we know about what’s going around us and/or what is actually occurring.
Sgt. James Carter has been with the UI Police Department for 10 years and has worked on patrol, as a detective and now supervises the department’s Community Outreach and Support Team (C.O.A.S.T. is a new department effort to enhance outreach and programming, and also to support students, faculty and staff who are experiencing mental health crises).
Dr. Mike Schlosser is the Director of the University of Illinois Police Training Institute. He holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Governor’s State University and a PhD in Education from the University of Illinois. He retired as a lieutenant from the Rantoul Police Department in 2004. Dr. Schlosser has conducted and collaborated in numerous research projects at the University of Illinois and is credited for his innovative ideas toward police reform.
