With Criminal Justice becoming a new focus of ?the Governor?s Committee on People with Disabilities, our office and committee members are working to develop criminal justice policy recommendations and assist with implementation of multi-agency programs such as the Texas Driving with Disability initiative. In addition to these efforts, our Accessibility and Disability Policy Webinar Series will also include webinars that focus on Criminal Justice topics.
For our first ever Criminal Justice webinar, we have invited James Sobota from the Houston Police Department. Houston?s premier law enforcement agency has a Community Service Division which has implemented an innovative program called the Positive Interaction Program (PIP). Citizens who attend these PIP events hear presentations on major law enforcement topics, meet their local officers, and get access to crucial information about crime in their city and neighborhoods. Within this program, there are 30 different PIP groups including one for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
Officer Sobota will share more information about his work with the Positive Interaction Program, the impact of police interaction events on different communities including people with disabilities, and how you can work with your local police department to develop a similar program.
Join us with your questions on Thursday March 28th at 10 A.M. This hour-long webinar will be hosted virtually through the Zoom platform. Registration in advance is required for attendance.
ASL Interpreters and CART Captioning will be provided. Recordings and materials will be available afterwards to registrants. For other accommodations, email [email protected]
Presenter:
James Sobota, Senior Police Officer, Houston Police Department. Officer Sobota is a native Houstonian with 38 years of working for the Houston Police Department. His current duties include acting as the HPD Citywide PIP Coordinator and the HPD Deaf & Hard of Hearing Coordinator.
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