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Deputy Sheriff Ron Thomas, Baltimore City (MD), speaking to Chief Alfred Durham, Richmond Police Department (VA)

Dr. Elsie Scott, Director of Howard University's Ronald W. Walters Leadership and Public Policy Center

Akiv Dawson, Howard University graduate student

Dr. Sophia Charles

Deputy Commissioner Darryl DeSousa, Baltimore Police Department (MD) Deputy Commissioner Myron Patterson, Philadelphia Police Department (PA), and Amanda Terry (Howard University graduate student)

Decota Letman speaking to Howard University Prof. Babiyyah Muhammad

Akiv Dawson (Howard University graduate student) speaking to Howard University Prof. Babiyyah Muhammad

Chief CJ (Cerelyn J.) Davis, Durham Police Department (NC), Dr. Sophia Charles, facilitator, and Gabrielle Gray (Howard University graduate student)

Deputy Chief Shahram Fard, Alexandria Police Department (VA)

Speaker at the Necessity of Community Oriented Policing for Recruitment and Retention forum

Malik Dennis, Howard University student

Miracle Washington

Jarret Powell, Howard University undergraduate student

Chief Alfred Durham, Richmond Police Department (VA)

Assistant Chief Kim Royster, New York Police Department (NY)

Naya Young

Participants at the Necessity of Community Oriented Policing for Recruitment and Retention forum

Joseph Grant, Howard University graduate student

Deputy Chief Melron J. Kelly, Columbia Police Department (SC), and Eddie Brooks, Metropolitan Police Department Retired (Washington, D.C.)

Jarret Powell (Howard University undergraduate student) and Major Sabrina Tapp-Harper, Baltimore City Sheriff's Office (MD)

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