Crisis responders use de-escalation tactics and peer support to resolve conflict, instead of guns...
Columns, Op-Eds, & Interviews
Op-Ed: She Reached Out for Help and Got Her Kids Taken Away
She told the officers the truth. Yes, she had survived multiple instances of domestic violence from...
Op-Ed: A Case for Better Funding of California’s Community Alternatives to Juvenile Detention and Probation
There is ample evidence, found through lived experiences and empirical research, that...
Pain of police killings ripples outward to traumatize Black people and communities across US
People victimized by the police have demonstrated higher-than-usual rates of depression...
Op-Ed: How qualified immunity protects police officers accused of wrongdoing
Qualified immunity is a federal law construct; however, some states are already moving to do away...
Op-Ed: DA George Gascón, Survivors of Violent Crime, and the Meaning of Justice
I am a father, brother, husband, and a man of deep faith. I am also a survivor of a violent crime.