The Police Are Part Of Our Community

This book provides a look into the job of a police officer, showing the how men and women of all genders and races can be police officers, and how the police keep us safe while being a positive part of our communities. The book is a tool to help parents provide their children with fair look of what police officers are enlisted to do in our communities.

This book can be part of the "talk" that parents are having with their children at an earlier age than in the past and an effort to provide an understanding of what good policing is designed to be. It is crucial that our youth avoid entering police interactions with fear and misinformation, leading to misunderstanding and anger. During the current time of Police Reform, it is important that our children recognize that there are good and bad police officers, and that the bad police officers are being identified and removed from policing.

As a learning tool for the youngest of readers, there is also a Vocabulary List in the back of the book to assist parents in explaining some of the vocabulary and policing terms that are used in the book, to their children.