National law enforcement group, specializing in interaction with minority teens, offers life-saving tips … and civics
August 1, 2024 Wayne Daren Schneiderman
NOBLE speakers and interns demonstrating a traffic stop. Photo by Wayne Daren Schneiderman
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DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — The National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE), a group dedicated to providing solutions to law enforcement issues and concerns, brought its services and expertise to a group of teenage interns Tuesday morning at the Kings County Supreme Court building.
A nationally recognized hands-on interactive training program for young people, “The Law in Your Community,” is designed to improve communications with law enforcement officers and understanding of their federal, state and local laws. Approximately 50 interns, most from Brooklyn, attended.
The two-hour presentation tackled topics including proper procedures and protocols for engaging with law enforcement officers, strategies and recommendations for law enforcement and drivers to use during a traffic stop — including de-escalating a situation by remaining calm and cooperating — and solutions to address unprofessional conduct by a law enforcement officer.
NOBLE also gave a crash course in Constitutional rights, and the speakers addressed the importance of knowing the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments.
From left: Michael Bell, Yvette Strong-Banks, Hon. Deborah A. Dowling, Nicole B. Smith, Karen Smith-Moore, Wanda Harrison and Jennifer Joly. Photo by Wayne Daren Schneiderman
Presenters included Yvette Strong-Banks, region one trainer for NOBLE and former deputy director of public safety; Karen Smith-Moore, retired NYPD detective and NOBLE mentor; Michael Bell, retired NYPD detective and law enforcement liaison for Congressman Hakeem Jeffries; and Wanda Harrison, director of the NOBLE executive board and retired associate NYPD investigator.