The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) is establishing a Transit Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC) to re-envision transit safety and explore community-based approaches to policing.

A veto-proof majority of Minneapolis, Minn. City Council members announced their commitment to disband the city’s police department and invest in community-led public safety measures, according to a report by The Appeal. 

“I take a lot of lessons from the community policing model, which is policing through customer service,” says Ryan King, Manager of Safety, Security and Emergency Management for Central Florida Health (CFH).

LAUSD police officers are employing a 21st century policing strategy, with a focus on community oriented enforcement, to improving police-community relations, keep kids in school and to improve the safety of the schools within the district and the surrounding neighborhoods. Learn more about this program and how you could apply it in your own district in a free webinar 3/28.