It is a policing approach focused on understanding how trauma impacts individuals' behaviors, leading to increased empathy, decreased re-traumatization, and improved community trust.

Join the host, Chief Virgil Green, and his guest, Eric Threlkeld, who has a robust background in law enforcement operations with a specialized focus on domestic violence prevention. Eric also serves as Detective Captain at the Eddy County Sheriff's Office in New Mexico. Join us as we discuss trauma-informed policing and the importance of training police officers how to recognize trauma's effects, ask open-ended, non-judgmental questions ("What has happened to you?" vs. "What's wrong with you?"), ensure victims' safety, provide resources, and explain procedures to reduce distress and foster cooperation.

A traffic stop is lawful if a police officer has reasonable, articulable suspicion that you are violating a traffic law or engaging in criminal activity, or if there's a warrant for your arrest, or the stop is a regulated safety inspection like a sobriety checkpoint. An unlawful stop occurs when there is no valid legal basis, such as when the officer cannot articulate specific facts to justify the stop, or the stop is based on discriminatory reasons like racial profiling.

Join host Chief Virgil Green and his guest, Mark Vermylen, a TikTok influencer, whose traffic stop in Windsor has been viewed over one million times on TikTok, as they discuss what makes a traffic stop lawful or unlawful, and his experience and how he followed through with filing an official complaint against the officer.

Effective policing should be more focused on catching offenders and keeping communities safe, neither of which is accomplished by blurring the line between military and law enforcement roles. Inappropriate and excessive use of the military as domestic law enforcement not only threatens liberty and local control, it also undermines effective crime prevention.

Join host Chief Virgil Green and his guest, Monty Bynum, CEO and founder of ADB Training, as they discuss whether this is an effective way to combat crime in urban cities and whether the military is a solution.

Recently in Houston, Texas, a 64-year-old Black woman intentionally crashed into the back of an 18-wheeler. Pulled out a gun and a lawn chair and sat in one of the lanes, sparking an hours-long standoff, and has a history of mental illness. The woman would later surrender, and no one was hurt in the incident.

Tune in live Thursday at 6 PM CST with the host of You And The Law Podcast and this week's guest, Helenia ( Candi) Valencino, with Aunt-Mom Basic Tribe Foundation. For a conversation about Women of Color and Mental Health, Black women face significant disparities in mental health care. Understanding why these differences occur requires an appreciation for not only the multiple roles that Black women play in society but also for the racial and social injustices they have historically faced.

This week on You And The Law Podcast, join Chief Green, the host, with You And The Law Podcast on Thursday at 6PM CST. With Former Phoenix, AZ Police Chief Daniel V. Garcia, Who is the Chief Executive Officer of Policing with a Purpose Leadership Services.

He provides a vast experience in executive management services. Chief Garcia has 37 years of service in law enforcement and recently concluded his policing career in the sixth-largest city in the United States. His policing philosophy is called "Policing with a Purpose," and his guiding principles can be summarized with the following three questions: Who are you?, What do you do? And what do you stand for? He believes strongly that these questions can be applied to any organization in public service, and/or private industry as a means to define organizational purpose.

Join us tonight at 6 PM CST streaming live on Facebook Live and YouTube for another informative conversation. With our guests, Pastor Michael Murphy Sr, chaplain with the Akron, Ohio Police Department, and Deputy Chief Victor McDowell with the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority Police Department in Cleveland, Ohio.

As we discuss policing and the faith-based community. The relationship between Black churches and law enforcement in the United States has been complex and multifaceted, often marked by periods of tension and noncollaboration between the two.

Join the hosts, chiefs, with You And The Law Podcast on Wednesday at 6PM CST as they discuss the Use of the Military in Civil Law Enforcement. Recently, the police chief requested that the New Mexico Governor deploy some members of the Albuquerque National Guard to assist the police department. They are needed to help the strained police force confront a crisis of violent crime and fentanyl use.

But critics say the Guard’s deployment to the streets of Albuquerque puts citizen-soldiers into a fraught role. Should they be required to wear body cameras, as Albuquerque police officers are? What if they get into a physical confrontation while securing the perimeter of a volatile crime scene?

Join the hosts, chiefs, with You And The Law Podcast on Thursday with their guest Irene Reyes-Smith. A motivational speaker, community activist, entrepreneur, former DC Metropolitan Police Officer, and the author of The Badge, Women In Blue, and Surviving The Badge. Irene showed love and compassion for her community and worked tirelessly in various positions throughout her 30-year tenure with the DC Metropolitan Police Department until her retirement in June of 2021.