one thing as we think deeply about reformer presidenting police culture, we should be thinking creatively about should there be other forces involved other kinds of responders? should police have to go through a process where maybe people spend years not carrying guns but dealing with communities in particular ways. like we are smart enough people that we should think creatively about new ways to confront the myriad social problems we have without the logic of force as our oh first logic. isn t that the essence of oh community policing, having police in the community on small things so they know the community when big things happen? not that they lock them up on small things. that s not the way it should go. this is really just endemic of our country s rush to incarcerate people. in the work we do on the prison pipeline for example police are in schools arresting kids tr for minor things often because the school deeydecided it is easier to