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  • Community Policing Problems

    Wyatt Cenac

    April 27, 2018 |

    HBO |

    Video |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Elgin, Illinois

    The Elgin, Illinois police department has been heralded as having the most successful community policing program in the country. There, officers are embedded within the communities they serve and are expected to create a synergy between police and communities. It has grown in popularity as law enforcement across the country come under scrutiny for being disconnected from the neighborhoods they’re supposed to serve. It bears questioning whether this form of policing can be a useful response, or if it’s just another form of surveillance that upholds power imbalances.

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  • Space Problems, Sh*t Problems, Minnesota Problems

    Wyatt Cenac

    April 13, 2018 |

    HBO |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, St. Anthony, Minnesota

    In the premiere episode of Wyatt Cenac's “Problem Areas” he focuses on fixes for manure polluting waterways, but mostly on policing in America, with an in-depth review of what happened with the death of Philando Castile by a police officer in a suburb of St. Paul, Minn. The show looks at the lack of standards or regulation in how police are trained, and explores how another police force in Ramsey County addresses the issue in the hiring process by focusing on character. But the show also makes it clear there is no one solution to fixing policing in this country.

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