USD Magazine Spring 2017

To Protect SERVE and Master’s program aims to teach police leaders to become Changemakers by Allyson Meyer ‘16 Too often the news is dominated by footage of violent confrontations between the public and the police — think Ferguson, New York, Baltimore. The all-too-familiar imagery — officers in riot gear facing off with anguished and angry protesters — fuels the narrative that the division between the two groups is insurmountable. The end result dehumanizes everyone involved, preventing the possibility of real understanding and change.

[Photography by Chris Park]