Minneapolis Votes on Dismantling Police Department
Today, Minneapolis will be voting on a measure that would defund their police department. We spoke with crisis coach Brandon Lee about what a reimagined public safety department would look like.
Gin & Justice w/Brandon Lee: Training for Transformation
This week on Gin & Justice, Justine and Amanda talk with Author and Trainer, Brandon Lee, about his training program, Training for Transformation and his book, Community Conscious Policing. Brandon is a Community Policing Reform Strategist and he shares his ideas surrounding reforming the policing in our communities. Brandon talks about how he has built upon the ideas of his ancestors and why it is so important to gain that lens in order to move forward as a society. He shares how he has been shaped by his own experience growing up in Oakland and his encounter with police brutality. Brandon talks about the miracle of being able to facilitate an open and honest conversation between law enforcement and victims of police brutality and how this holds the key to reform and the beginning of change.
Diversity Trainings Usually Fail — Here’s What You Can Do To Create Lasting Changes
Brandon Lee is one of the founders of T4T, a company that works with government, private, civic, and non-profit sectors to foster a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. Brandon sat down with Forbes to discuss what sparked his desire to start T4T, the unique strategies that can be used to address bias, and why he decided to write a book to help bridge the gap between law enforcement and the community.
Builders By Nature
Now, in the past, on the show we’ve talked about police violence and brutality with some opinions and theorized on solutions, but I was excited to have Brandon on the show to provide deeper knowledge and firsthand experience on some community-based solutions for unnecessary police violence. We also talked about Brandon’s book, Community CONSCIOUS Policing: A Guide for People’s Justice and Law Enforcement Solutions, where he shares case studies of true encounters with police and diverse communities, his 33 recommendations to help find accountability, heal the trauma of police brutality, strategize solutions for your community’s future and much more. I will have a link to purchase his book in the show notes, but without further ado here’s Brandon.
Kemet, Surviving Police & Community Conscious Policing: Brandon Lee
Like many of us, author and community-conscious training strategist Brandon Lee was horrified by the violence that unfolded against people of color during 2020 (and countless years before). Transforming his grief into action, he co-founded Training 4 Transformation, an organization that actively brings the community into play to discover solutions for ending unnecessary police violence.
Community Conscious Leadership with Brandon Lee
Brandon Lee joins the Corrections Community Podcast to discuss equity, race, trauma, and other impactful topics. Brandon is the co-founder of Training 4 Transformation, an organization focused on community conscious policing. He brings a wealth of historical knowledge, lived experience, and leadership to this conversation.
Courageous Conversations with Brandon Lee
The police have been a very controversial issue for a long time, but especially over the last year. Brandon runs an organization called Train for Transformation, which teaches Community Conscious Policing strategies and is joining me today for an uncomfortable conversation about the good, the bad, and the complicated in the U.S. police system.
Portland Hires Training 4 Transformation to Develop New Community Policing Group
“The city is excited about the opportunity to improve upon the community engagement and oversight process of the settlement agreement…” “We remain committed to a more authentic, transparent process that centers the experiences of people impacted most. We look forward to engaging with the community in this process…” – Mayor of Portland. “Training 4 Transformation…will help establish an ‘equitable process’ for recruiting and selecting committee members, plan a retreat for the committee, ensure ‘group cohesion’ by setting ground rules and a vision for the committee’s work and facilitate its public meetings, the city said.”
From #BlackLivesMatter to Lasting Police Reform in Oregon
Racial profiling in policing is at a flashpoint in Portland and elsewhere, and communities are asking how we can demand change while protecting our most vulnerable community members. We asked Brandon Lee, instructor for our March course Best Practices in Community Conscious Policing, to talk with us about police reform and bias training in Oregon.
Portland Underground Grad School
– Photo by Kristopher Radder/Reformer Staff
SIT Graduate Institute hosted alumni Brandon Lee and Hun Taing of T4T (Training For Transformation) as part of All SIT Time. T4T’s trademarked “Community Conscious Policing” is a workshop-based curriculum that trains police departments and others in a “culturally competent, equitable and empathetic approach to community engagement.”
Bringing Community Conscious Policing to Vermont
Editor of the Reformer:
“A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend a meeting about Community Conscious Policing (created by Brandon Lee at Training4Transformation). It was extremely eye opening and a breath of fresh air. There were 20 people there from all walks of life. There were correctional officers, Family First employees, racial justice activists, politicians, victims of police brutality, Brattleboro Police Department officers and deputies from the Windham County Sheriff’s Department, etc. You get the idea. I had no idea how this was going to go.
I was pleasantly surprised. People shared their personal experiences. Some talked about what it is to be black in Brattleboro, some talked about their encounters and their friends’ encounters with the police, some shared what it’s like to be police in this community, and everybody listened to each other. There was a lot of deep listening on all parts. There was respect in the room, coming and going in all directions. People got the opportunity to speak from their hearts and be heard.
I really do feel that our local police department, our county sheriff’s department, and our state police department could create a wonderful model of Community Conscious Policing for the rest of the country!! (It’s been done in some communities already … and it’s working.)”
A. Nelson (Brattleboro, VT)
“Black Lives Matter” – With Brandon Lee
I welcome you to listen to a conversation I had last month with a good friend of mine, Mr. Brandon Lee, a proud black man from Oakland, California and Houston, Texas. Brandon is a regular presenter and speaker at educational institutions, government agencies, non-profit organizations and conferences on topics that include: How to Survive a Police Stop, Trauma & Healing, Black Founders of the United States of America, and Community Conscious Policing.
Portland Hires Training 4 Transformation (T4T) To Work On Community Policing Effort
We talk with Brandon Lee, who the City of Portland just hired to establish the new Committee on Community-Engaged Policing. This is part of the Portland Police Bureau’s compliance with the federal Department of Justice settlement agreement. One of the goals is to improve the police bureau’s relationship with communities of color.
Community Conscious Policing on “Voices from the Edge”
Host Jo Ann Hardesty (1st Woman of Color to be elected on the Portland City Council) speaks with Brandon Lee, Co-founder and Principal of Training 4 Transformation, about his book and educational resource, “Best Practices in Community Conscious Policing: A Reflection on Law Enforcement Community Building Workshops.
Trauma Informed Equity Work: Healing through Reconnection
Host Jo Ann Hardesty (1st Woman of Color to be elected on the Portland City Council) speaks with Hun Taing on Voices From the Edge to discuss her work as a Cambodian genocide survivor, union and community organizer, immigrant rights advocate, trauma informed equity specialist, Buddhist mindfulness practitioner and co-founder of Training 4 Transformation.
Turning Darkness into Light with Brandon Lee
In this episode, we hear from Brandon Lee who leads workshops with his wife Hun designed to build trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve. Brandon’s past includes a lot of dehumanizing racial profiling experiences with the police, and he’s found a way to turn that painful history into something that gives him purpose and makes a real difference. To learn more about Brandon and community conscious policing, go to www.train4transformation.com
Community Consciousness with Brandon Lee
In this week’s episode I am joined by Brandon Lee. Brandon is a father, husband, author, educator and much more. We talk family, movement, learning styles and more. I have had the benefit of engaging with Brandon as a member in one of his trainings and as a community member. I will let you listen and come to your own understanding. Brandon has a new edition of his book, Best Practices In Community Conscious Policing, which you will find below. Please hit the links and learn more about Brandon and his work.
Crossing the Color Lines: Police, Citizens Talk through Tough Issues
NAACP Corvallis / Albany branch and the City of Corvallis Police Department
“On behalf of all the men and women of the City of Corvallis Police Department, I wish to express my sincere appreciation for facilitating the recent “Training 4 Transformation” workshops. The time and effort you put into the training and the months of preparation, collaboration and research, resulted in a meaningful training experience for all that attended. The structure of the workshop exercises were both enjoyable and informative, and created a safe and healthy environment for all of the participants to better understand the importance of communication and mutual understanding in improving community-based policing relationships in Corvallis.
Your depth of understanding of the contemporary issues and ability to present the subject in such an interesting and profound way produced one of the most memorable training experiences in our department’s history. I personally appreciated your approach to developing exercises that demonstrate the commonalities we all share and how we all have a responsibility to take positive steps to increase understanding. This workshop was very successful in creating opportunities for participants to voice their experiences in an inclusive manner which focused on community engagement and personal responsibility as we collectively address the challenges that face our society.
We are committed to continuing open and transparent dialogue with the ultimate goal of proving the best possible policing services in Corvallis. This workshop was an important first step and a major catalyst in reaching this goal. Please accept my sincere appreciation for working with our department and community. It is a joy for me to work with such dedicated and talented colleagues on a very important issue. I feel this training has brought us all closer together, and I am thankful for your efforts in creating this opportunity.”
– Chief Sassaman of the City of Corvallis Police Department
FBI National Academy Associates & Department of Public Safety Standards and Training
FBINews Release from FBI – Oregon
Posted on FlashAlert: May 6th, 2015 11:06 PM
Sent on behalf of the FBI National Academy Associates. See below for more information:
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Ferguson. New York. Baltimore. The world has watched as all three have struggled to understand the dynamics between police and those they serve. How to respect the rule of law while understanding the historical tensions embedded in these communities? How to ensure that we can, together, create a safe place for all people to raise their families? This week, the Oregon Chapter of the FBI National Academy Associates hosted a diverse group of law enforcement officers and community leaders – bringing them together to start some of those hard discussions here in our state.
Training 4 Transformation, LLC (T4T) facilitated this special event at the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST). “I was pleased with the open engagement and personal interaction between law enforcement and community members. The training provided an opportunity for participants to have honest and meaningful dialogue about issues that impact human interactions,” said Chief David Henslee of the Klamath Falls Police Department.
At the request of the FBI National Academy Associates, Training 4 Transformation implemented their innovative model to moderate key discussions between law enforcement and community members throughout the day. Attendees discussed a wide range of issues and concerns, including the role of law enforcement in creating strong and trusting partnerships with the community. The workshop also provided a platform for community members to analyze and vet law enforcement practices from the community’s perspective.
The FBI National Academy Associates is a non-profit organization separate and apart from the FBI. The FBINAA is made up of local and state law enforcement executives who have all graduated from the FBI’s intensive ten-week leadership training program in Quantico, Virginia.