something happen and then try and find out what happened or why it happened. when people see that you're not afraid to walk up to them when something looks odd, they're more apprehensive about carrying weapons and things like that. our job is to stop people from doing the wrong thing. >> reporter: officer calhoun has been on both sides of policing. >> i was walking down the street and they said, "sir, we need to talk to you for a second." they asked me some questions and they asked if i wouldn't mind being searched. i said go ahead, search me. you're not going to find anything. >> reporter: he was stopped twice on his brooklyn street. >> so they searched me, they asked for my i.d., they filled out a form and they let me go. i didn't feel like i was being harassed. >> reporter: did they tell you what you were being stopped for? >> they stopped me because i fit the profile of someone who just