Anti-Racial Profiling Course and Race Relations Roundtable Discussion Includes Local Pastor
June 6th, 2022 by Joe Burgess
The Monticello Police Department hosted its annual anti- racial profiling and Race Relations round table discussion between Officers of MPD and local Pastors this weekend. The event was hosted and meals provided by Pauline Baptist Church.a
Representatives from Morning Star Missionary Baptist, Pauline Baptist, The Revival Center, Oak Grove Assembly of God, The Word Church, Trinity Full Gospel Church and Mount Nebo Church were in attendance.
At the event, MPD invites local Pastors to attend the police department’s course on racial profiling. Pastors offer suggestions on improvements in the training curriculum, discuss relationships between minority communities and law enforcement and discuss race related topics effecting both law enforcement and the community as a whole.
MPD provides Pastors with statistical race related data on arrest numbers and citations issued by the Monticello Police Department as well as discuss current policies and trends.
The event has been held since 2019.
According to MPD Chief Jason Akers, “Monticello is blessed with churches and Pastors who care about our community. Working together for solutions to the issues we all face is the only way to make our town better. At every one of these events we hold, we solve one more common problem and get closer as a community. We open more lines of communication and that is the is the first step for positive and lasting change.”
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