Mayor’s Police and Community Coalition to hold 11th Youth Forum Friday

(TULSA, Okla.) The Mayor’s Police and Community Coalition (“MPACC”), in collaboration with Tulsa Public Schools (“TPS”), will host its eleventh Youth Forum on Friday, November 6, 2020, broadcast from the Selman Room at the Charles C. Mason Education Service Center, 3027 South New Haven, in Tulsa. This year’s Youth Forum features a virtual experience with live streaming. MPACC is a diverse advisory committee that addresses issues affecting police/community relations and helps develop recommendations & best practices designed to enhance trust. MPACC members include Mayor G.T. Bynum and Police Chief Chuck Jordan. Hannibal B. Johnson, author, attorney & consultant, facilitates MPACC. The MPACC Youth Forum will be attended by delegations of teens and their chaperons from all TPS high schools and a host of Tulsa Police Department officers. Well over 100 teens and adults are expected. The Youth Forum is designed to familiarize students with: Law enforcement officers as “real people”; Reasons for police stops; Appropriate & inappropriate behavior during police stops; Avoiding gang involvement; Information on community policing; Principles of student responsibility & accountability for behaviors that may result in police contact; and Ideas on how to help create schools and communities that are safe and secure. MPACC Youth Forum Agenda I. Opening: Hannibal B. Johnson, MPACC Facilitator……………. (10:00 – 10:10) II. Welcome/Remarks………………………………………. (10:10 – 10:20) o Amy Brown for G. T. Bynum, Mayor, City of Tulsa o Dr. Deborah Gist, Superintendent, Tulsa Public Schools o Chief Wendell Franklin, Chief of Police, Tulsa Police Department III. Stopped by A Cop: Sgt. Rusty Brown…….……….…….……. (10:20 – 10:40) What should you do in the event of a TPD traffic or pedestrian stop? This segment will let students know what to do (and what not to do) in the event of a stop by police. IV. Gang Violence, Drugs, & Other Things to Avoid: Sgt. Rusty Brown……………….……………………………….…… (10:40 – 11:00) V. Tabletop Cops: Breakout sessions………………….….…... (11:00 – 11:40) Tabletop Cops—small group discussions with police officers. Focus question: I’ve always wanted to ask a cop _______________________? [NOTE: Please select someone to report out to the entire group on the substance of your discussions.] Report outs by student representatives from breakout sessions (11:40 – 11:55) NOTE: Officers will be assigned to virtual breakout rooms with student delegations. Livestreaming participants may address questions to our onsite law enforcement authority, TPS Chief Matthias Wicks. VI. Reflections—TPS Chief Matthias Wicks…………………………. (11:55 – 12:00) VII. Program evaluation.………………………………………….… (12:00) Adjournment POST-FORUM ASSIGNMENT: Students from each high school should meet with their respective high school police and security officers within the next three weeks to discuss “next steps.” “Next steps” might include inviting a speaker, hosting a forum in your school, or any other activity or event that will help foster positive relations between students and law enforcement officers.