After learning about Community-Centered Policing: A Force for Change, various community leaders and public officials in Cincinnati asked PolicyLink to organize a convening to present the report findings and explore the potential application for Cincinnati in the aftermath of civil unrest sparked by a fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man. The convening, From Protest to Proposal: A Police-Community Relations Forum, was held on June 26, 2001.
For the morning workshops, PolicyLink brought 13 presenters – community advocates and police – from several cities featured in the report to describe the local context for their reform efforts, the promise that exists, what it takes to achieve it, lessons learned, barriers to implementation and ongoing challenges. The afternoon workshop focused on discussing local conditions and developing an action agenda for police reform in Cincinnati. The presentations and discussions of the convening were summarized in a Report of Proceedings.