Beyond the Bandaids with Project PACT
Beyond the Bandaids with Project PACT
Podcast Description
Welcome to Beyond the Bandaids with Project PACT, a podcast dedicated to exploring how police officers, public safety professionals, community leaders, and community members can reconnect with their sense of purpose and inspire positive change in their local community.
Through meaningful conversations and insights from experts, this podcast emphasizes that both citizens and police are part of the community, aiming to foster unity and build trust through partnership.
Beyond the Bandaids helps you rediscover this purpose and make a real difference by looking within and fostering deeper community connections. Instead of focusing on symptoms or past problems, we concentrate on creating a future where lasting, positive changes are not just possible, but probable.
For community members, Beyond the Bandaids offers a hopeful perspective on collaboration and compassion. Together, we can create vibrant, thriving neighborhoods where everyone plays a role in public safety and well-being. Join us as we explore transformative conversations and pave the way for a safer, more harmonious future for all.
Beyond the Bandaids is brought to you in partnership with the Law Enforcement Action Partnership, New Blue, and The School of Statesmanship, Stewardship, and Service (SOSSAS).
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Content Themes
The podcast centers on themes of community engagement, police reform, and restorative practices, with episodes covering topics such as the impact of trauma on policing, innovative community policing models, and the historical context of public safety, exemplified in episodes like the discussion on the ‘defund/refund’ cycle in policing.
Welcome to Beyond the Bandaids with Project PACT, a podcast dedicated to exploring how police officers, public safety professionals, community leaders, and community members can reconnect with their sense of purpose and inspire positive change in their local community.
Through meaningful conversations and insights from experts, this podcast emphasizes that both citizens and police are part of the community, aiming to foster unity and build trust through partnership.
Beyond the Bandaids helps you rediscover this purpose and make a real difference by looking within and fostering deeper community connections. Instead of focusing on symptoms or past problems, we concentrate on creating a future where lasting, positive changes are not just possible, but probable.
For community members, Beyond the Bandaids offers a hopeful perspective on collaboration and compassion. Together, we can create vibrant, thriving neighborhoods where everyone plays a role in public safety and well-being. Join us as we explore transformative conversations and pave the way for a safer, more harmonious future for all.
Beyond the Bandaids is brought to you in partnership with the Law Enforcement Action Partnership, New Blue, and The School of Statesmanship, Stewardship, and Service (SOSSAS).
How can communities move from dependence on institutions to interdependence with one another?
This episode explores how communities can move beyond dependence on institutions and embrace interdependence to create lasting safety and well-being. Mike, Carol, and Kristin discuss strategies rooted in John McKnight’s asset-based community development model, highlighting the importance of cultivating relationships, building trust, and amplifying neighborhood gifts. Together, they unpack how focusing on goodness, social capital, and shared responsibility transforms both neighborhoods and public safety culture.
Topics that Chief Mike Butler, Dr. Carol Engel-Enright, and Kristin Daley explore in this episode:
(03:37) Mike honors John McKnight’s legacy and explains his conviction that neighborhoods themselves can heal when supported with purpose.
(07:11) The importance of listening and understanding when engaging diverse community perspectives.
(09:18) Conversations with city managers and police chiefs about shifting effectiveness metrics from arrests to community self-reliance.
(14:42) Helping neighbors recognize their own gifts, skills, and talents.
(19:57) How initial resistance and frustration from community members can evolve into shared responsibility.
(22:55) Connecting neuroscience to policing
(28:31) How block parties, barbecues, and potlucks build belonging in neighborhoods.
(35:36) Why community engagement and goodness naturally crowd out crime and harmful behaviors.
This episode of Beyond the Bandaids is brought to you by Project PACT (Police And Community Together). Learn more about Project PACT by visiting https://projectpact.org/
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Connect with the co-hosts of Beyond the Bandaids:
Chief Mike Butler on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-butler-6b0b2587/
Dr. Carol Engel-Enright on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carol-engel-enright-97701a10/
Kristin Daley on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristin-daley-23bb7b26b/
The following three organizations—each committed to enhancing community well-being and policing integrity—joined forces to create Project PACT.
Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP): https://lawenforcementactionpartnership.org/
New Blue: https://newblue.org/
The School of Statesmanship, Stewardship & Service (SOSSAS): https://sossas.org/
Beyond the Bandaids is dedicated to exploring how police officers, public safety professionals, community leaders, and community members can reconnect with their sense of purpose and inspire positive change in their local community.
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