Asking Campus Chief of Police and YC Respect Committee to look at tangible and inclusive ways to foster a healthy relationship between Campus law enforcement and the communities of color
Yavapai Community College president Dr. Lisa Rhine has asked the College Police Chief and the College Respect Committee to “look at tangible and inclusive ways to foster a healthy relationship between our law enforcement and the communities of color who depend on our officers of the law to model both justice and compassion.”
In a letter on this issue, she wrote that “in our roles as educators, researchers, professionals and community leaders, we must prepare those in our classrooms to participate vigorously in civic discourse and democracy. For a robust civil discourse requires open, honest dialog: The bottom line is the killings and mistreatment of citizens must stop. The system as it stands must change, from the inside out.”
Dr. Rhine’s complete statement follows below.
