copps
Neighborhood COPPS is a community initiative that brings collaboration between: Churches, Organizations, Parents, Police, and Schools.
Neighborhood COPPS puts the responsibility of parenting and partnering back into neighborhoods. We operate under the traditional premise of, “it takes a village to raise a child”. While there is no perfect village, parenting, or system; efforts must be made towards the salvation and sustainability of local neighborhoods (families).
It is also our intent to restore and build healthy relationships with COPS (police) and neighborhoods. With today’s events and poor police/community relations; we want to be proactive for prevention sake, in establishing a relationship where the community understands, respects, and appreciate our guardian troops – police. Neighborhoods need to know that COPS: Care, Observe, Protect, and Serve.
We don’t have a “drug problem, gang problem, gun problem” …we have a parenting problem. There is plenty of data that reflects the outcome of poverty and those living in low economic communities. Usually that data shows how prone an individual is in those conditions to be the ones with a drug, gang, gun – problem. But what about the statistics of the single parent mom/dad that works 2 -3 jobs and kids still make it to college or become gainfully employed…parenting and values makes the difference!
Kids being orphaned is where the problem lies, whether parents or guardians are in the home or not; is what contributes to the deviant behavior we see running rampant in some of our communities. Parents are called to: identify – lead – guide – direct/instruct…and without that, kids develop their own community and value system. Too many of our youth then become misguided, lazy, apathetic and lethargic, complacent, suffer from identity crisis, therefore prone to deviant behavior. Having the abundance of money and living in privilege doesn’t make someone exempt from these outcomes, white collar crimes proves that. When the parenting piece is missing and the village fails in parenting, communities will see youth living out the worst of lives.
The individual family unit. Neighborhood COPPS puts the responsibility of parenting back into effect.
There are many causes that contribute towards the deterioration of the Village which now makes it obsolete in too many communities.
Through collaboration, our intent is to reinvent, reintroduce and rebuild on former practices that worked. While organizations may already practice and demonstrate some of these concepts, our purpose would be to align ourselves with what already exist and works; and offer our resources.
VILLAGE (City): The community of families that represents each generation of people through various
parental support systems
Community:
Connections – takes place through intentional relationships on various levels
Commitment – people committed to each other and shared values
Contributions – purposeful in making contributions and providing shared resources
Identity:
Based on shared values
Culture of Honor
Faith, family, stewardship, ethics, morals, integrity
Based on shared vision/purpose
Based on people who understand and appreciate being responsible to their personal family and extended community family
Expectations:
Neighborhoods should be safe
Neighborhoods should have same opportunities
Everyone’s uniqueness and contribution should be valued
Everyone should succeed and prosper
TRIBES: There are many sub-cultures/communities that share common interest and goals that reflect a unique factor; yet
together they make contribution to the Village. These tribes their unique factor, resources, support systems;
TOGETHER all make up the Village
False Expectation:
Any one tribe alone CAN make the village work
Any one tribe alone SHOULD make the village
neighborhood, cannot meet the needs of the village…
they of their tribe and that’s where their investment lies
Everyone will not want to be a part and some will even oppose these efforts
NEIGHBORHOOD COPPS: Churches, Organizations, Parents, Police, Schools – when these geographically aligned COPPS
have community, it reflects their tribe.
Parenting in the community: identify - lead – guide – direct/instruct
Community parenting must be relatable and connecting in order for our
youth to feel safe and begin to trust
Community parenting must take place at a tribal level before the city (Village)
as a whole can realize it's potential
BARRIERS/THREATS
Implicit bias/ignorance
Stratification
Lack of exposure and opportunities
School of choice
Sub-cultures that exist with their own values that different and therefore
oppose the sense of community
COPPS STRATEGY
Target neighborhoods to build COPPS alliance
Set goals and agree on values
Ensure Department of Public Safety commitment
Identify community needs
Identify resources (don’t have to reinvent the wheel)
Develop action plan (unique to each tribe)
Block parties – Love in Action
Referrals to community resources (connect)
Servant leadership/ evangelism – home, car repair etc.
Build a sense of civic responsibility
Jeffrie Hunter, Founder
Neighborhood COPPS puts the responsibility of parenting and partnering back into neighborhoods. We operate under the traditional premise of, “it takes a village to raise a child”. While there is no perfect village, parenting, or system; efforts must be made towards the salvation and sustainability of local neighborhoods (families).
It is also our intent to restore and build healthy relationships with COPS (police) and neighborhoods. With today’s events and poor police/community relations; we want to be proactive for prevention sake, in establishing a relationship where the community understands, respects, and appreciate our guardian troops – police. Neighborhoods need to know that COPS: Care, Observe, Protect, and Serve.
We don’t have a “drug problem, gang problem, gun problem” …we have a parenting problem. There is plenty of data that reflects the outcome of poverty and those living in low economic communities. Usually that data shows how prone an individual is in those conditions to be the ones with a drug, gang, gun – problem. But what about the statistics of the single parent mom/dad that works 2 -3 jobs and kids still make it to college or become gainfully employed…parenting and values makes the difference!
Kids being orphaned is where the problem lies, whether parents or guardians are in the home or not; is what contributes to the deviant behavior we see running rampant in some of our communities. Parents are called to: identify – lead – guide – direct/instruct…and without that, kids develop their own community and value system. Too many of our youth then become misguided, lazy, apathetic and lethargic, complacent, suffer from identity crisis, therefore prone to deviant behavior. Having the abundance of money and living in privilege doesn’t make someone exempt from these outcomes, white collar crimes proves that. When the parenting piece is missing and the village fails in parenting, communities will see youth living out the worst of lives.
The individual family unit. Neighborhood COPPS puts the responsibility of parenting back into effect.
There are many causes that contribute towards the deterioration of the Village which now makes it obsolete in too many communities.
Through collaboration, our intent is to reinvent, reintroduce and rebuild on former practices that worked. While organizations may already practice and demonstrate some of these concepts, our purpose would be to align ourselves with what already exist and works; and offer our resources.
VILLAGE (City): The community of families that represents each generation of people through various
parental support systems
Community:
Connections – takes place through intentional relationships on various levels
Commitment – people committed to each other and shared values
Contributions – purposeful in making contributions and providing shared resources
Identity:
Based on shared values
Culture of Honor
Faith, family, stewardship, ethics, morals, integrity
Based on shared vision/purpose
Based on people who understand and appreciate being responsible to their personal family and extended community family
Expectations:
Neighborhoods should be safe
Neighborhoods should have same opportunities
Everyone’s uniqueness and contribution should be valued
Everyone should succeed and prosper
TRIBES: There are many sub-cultures/communities that share common interest and goals that reflect a unique factor; yet
together they make contribution to the Village. These tribes their unique factor, resources, support systems;
TOGETHER all make up the Village
False Expectation:
Any one tribe alone CAN make the village work
Any one tribe alone SHOULD make the village
neighborhood, cannot meet the needs of the village…
they of their tribe and that’s where their investment lies
Everyone will not want to be a part and some will even oppose these efforts
NEIGHBORHOOD COPPS: Churches, Organizations, Parents, Police, Schools – when these geographically aligned COPPS
have community, it reflects their tribe.
Parenting in the community: identify - lead – guide – direct/instruct
Community parenting must be relatable and connecting in order for our
youth to feel safe and begin to trust
Community parenting must take place at a tribal level before the city (Village)
as a whole can realize it's potential
BARRIERS/THREATS
Implicit bias/ignorance
Stratification
Lack of exposure and opportunities
School of choice
Sub-cultures that exist with their own values that different and therefore
oppose the sense of community
COPPS STRATEGY
Target neighborhoods to build COPPS alliance
Set goals and agree on values
Ensure Department of Public Safety commitment
Identify community needs
Identify resources (don’t have to reinvent the wheel)
Develop action plan (unique to each tribe)
Block parties – Love in Action
Referrals to community resources (connect)
Servant leadership/ evangelism – home, car repair etc.
Build a sense of civic responsibility
Jeffrie Hunter, Founder