Truth and Reconciliation C Forum

13615 Michigan Avenue,Dearborn MI 48126

16 June, 2022

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This community listening session will focus on both solution oriented current and future actions related to reparations and reinvestment This community listening session will focus on both solution oriented current and future actions related to reparations and reinvestment of reimagining community policing by both Dearborn Police Department and H2BE. Supported by Community Policing Innovation Initaiative of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan. Panelists Dearborn Police Chief Issa Shahin is a 24-year veteran of the Dearborn Police Department, serving most recently as the Commanding Officer of the Investigative Division. The Investigative Division cleared all 12 homicide cases under Shahin’s tenure. Prior, he served as a Captain in the Investigative and Patrol Division and as a Lieutenant in Critical Incident and Community Support. Between 2009 and 2013, Shahin served as a Sergeant in the Tactical Patrol Unit and as an ATF task force officer. Issa Shahin earned a Bachelor of Science degree cum laude in political science and government and a master’s degree in homeland security and emergency management, both from Eastern Michigan University (EMU). He is also a graduate of EMU’s Police Staff & Command Executive Program. He looks forward to embracing a culture of transparency, accountability, as leader of one of the largest police departments in Michigan. Teferi Brent is a lifelong Detroiter and a proud resident, servant and humble leader of the historic Northend Community. He is a proud graduate of Highland Park High School. He later earned an undergraduate degree in Business Management from Eastern Michigan University and a Master of Business Administration from the historic Baker Center for Graduate Studies. He recently matriculated at Ecumenical Theological Seminary where he has studied to receive a Master of Arts Degree in Pastoral Ministry and Doctorate in Divinity. Teferi retired from Chrysler Corporation after 13 years and formerly worked as a Community Reintegration Coordinator for Goodwill Industry’s world renowned Flip the Script Male Empowerment Programs. He is a 30 year community activist, advocate and servant leader in the Detroit Area, but is well known throughout the national grassroots activist community. He has trained, mentored, and coached several organizers, advocates, and activists throughout the country. He serves on numerous community boards and belongs to several community organizations’ (BME Fellow, The Mayor's Community Education Commission, DPCSD Police Oversight Board, Mothers of Murdered Children, Detroit 300 – Co Founder, Detroit Urban Peace and Justice Institute - Founder, Dignity 4 Detroit – Co-Founder, Detroit Coalition for Peace, Co-Founder, Live Free Coalition - Member, NAACP, SOSAD, Skillman GNI, Northend Governance Board, Fellowship Chapel’s MCF President, Detroit Parent Network...,etc.). Recently, Teferi was recognized as one of the state’s top Black Community Leaders and appointed to the Governors Black Leadership Advisory Council and serves as Chairman of the Community Safety & Justice Committee. In addition to sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Teferi is most passionate about serving as the Minister of Education for the Isuthu Training Institute, the nation’s oldest African Centered Christ Rooted Male Rite of Passage/Mentoring Program. Brother Teferi, as he his affectionately called in the community, has dedicated his life to relentlessly serving God, family and community. Teferi is the proud father of Ishara, Chrissy, Tyler, and Dallas. His favorite scripture is Psalm 82:3-5 – “Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.” Dr. Kevin Karpiak is Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology at Eastern Michigan University. He is the founder and Director of Southeastern Michigan Criminal Justice Policy Research Project (SMART) and co-editor of the Cornell University Press monograph series Police/Worlds: studies in security, crime and governance. He received his PhD in Cultural Anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley (2009), for which he conducted a multi-sited ethnography of French community policing reform. Since 2016 he has been conducting research on police oversight commissions in Washtenaw County, MI., and currently serves on the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office 21st Century Policing Compliance Commission as well as the Prevention and Front-End Subcommittee of the Washtenaw Equity Partnership. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles & chapters as well as edited a special issue of the journal Theoretical Criminology and the volume The Anthropology of Police with Routledge press Additional invited guest Detroit Justice Center and Accountability for Dearborn