Community Conscious Policing©

Description

Tagline: Building safer communities through healing, accountability, and conscious leadership.

Course Description:
Community Conscious Policing (CCP) is a groundbreaking 10-week course designed as a public-health-based response to address and prevent unnecessary law enforcement violence. Rooted in lived experience, ancestral wisdom, and community-led practices, this course provides participants with tools to reimagine public safety through relationship-building, trauma-informed education, and collective healing.

Developed with input from sworn officers, community organizers, educators, and public health leaders, CCP challenges outdated policing models by offering a trauma-aware, culturally grounded approach to public engagement. The curriculum centers on emotional intelligence, mindfulness, decolonizing practices, and experiential learning—empowering individuals to create change in their communities from the inside out.

This course supports the development of community-based strategies for accountability, education, and policy reform. Participants will explore proactive methods such as police-community integrated training (P-CITE), oversight boards, and local commissions—all aimed at strengthening public trust and reducing harm.

Key Topics Include:

• Historical and contemporary community responses to state violence
• Emotional regulation and leadership tools for high-stress environments
• Models for community oversight and restorative accountability
• How to implement preventative frameworks in your neighborhood, organization, or institution
• Nature-based wisdom and Indigenous models for public safety

Who Should Attend:
This course is intended for individuals and organizations impacted by policing practices or committed to reshaping public safety systems. It is ideal for parents, educators, organizers, service providers, students in related fields, and anyone seeking tools for community-driven solutions to violence.

Course Format & Details:

• Platform: Zoom (Virtual)
• Schedule: 1 day per week for 10 weeks
• Session Length: 90–120 minutes (with a break)
• Cost: $350 or 10 weekly payments of $40
• Textbook: Community Conscious Policing: A Guide for People’s Justice and Law Enforcement Solutions

Instructor:
Shenmiakhu (Shen-mee-Ahoo) Pernebsati is a nationally respected strategist, educator, and  consultant who has spent more than two decades helping reshape public safety through the lens of cultural wisdom, civic accountability, and community renewal. He is the co-founder of Community Conscious Policing, a public health–centered model created to prevent violence, rebuild trust, and strengthen the relationship between law enforcement and the communities they serve.

Approach: Shenmiakhu integrates experiential learning with time-honored principles from Indigenous knowledge systems. Drawing from sacred traditions and hands-on engagement, his work provides agencies and everyday people with tools to navigate conflict, promote understanding, and implement lasting reforms rooted in lived experience and cultural insight.

Author: He is the author of Community Conscious Policing: A Guide for People’s Justice and Law Enforcement Solutions and Community Conscious Policing: A Reflection on Law Enforcement and Community Building Workshops. As a trainer and speaker, Shenmiakhu has offered crisis coaching and leadership development across the country. His voice has been featured on Forbes, TMZ Live, and public radio, speaking on themes of healing, governance, and principled leadership

Reform: His work has contributed to significant reforms at the city and state levels. In Oakland, California, Shenmiakhu supported the establishment of the Civilian Police Review Board, helping redirect public funds to create one of the nation’s most comprehensive community oversight structures in the country. He served as Chair of the NAACP Legal Redress Committee and was a board member of Oregon’s Law Enforcement Data Collection and Policy Review Committee, where he collaborated to pass legislative initiatives to improve transparency in traffic and pedestrian stops.

Contributions: In Portland, Oregon, he co-founded the Portland Committee on Community-Engaged Policing through the Office of the Mayor. He helped launch the Latino Advisory Commission with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. He has guided numerous law enforcement training initiatives, including the Community Conscious Corrections Evidence-Based Practices Coaches’ Academy Pilot (EBP CAP), which supports accountability and coaching in correctional systems.

MBE: An entrepreneur and educator, Shenmiakhu completed the Business Evolution Program through the Greater Los Angeles African American Chamber of Commerce and holds certification as a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE #SC52277) with the Southern California Minority Supplier Development Council.

Initiate: His leadership is deeply influenced by his initiatic path in the Order of Prince Hall Freemasonry, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., and Kebtah (the Earth Center), where he learned (not studied, there is a difference) ancient spiritual sciences preserved by the Dogon of West Africa. These traditions emphasize responsibility, inner refinement, and service—qualities that guide his work in shaping public institutions with integrity and vision.

Shenmiakhu lives by the principle that transformation begins within. As a husband and father of three, he continues to lead with humility, cultural clarity, and a commitment to building sustainable systems that promote optimal life and well-being for everyone.