What's It Like to Be a Cop and the struggles? | SE2/EP01 | Back2Basics
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English - February 02, 2022 10:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsSociety & Culture Health & Fitness back2basicsmode Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Officer Deon Joseph author of Stepping Across the Line, A Skid Row Cops Story, is a law enforcement consultant who has worked for the Los Angeles Police Department for 25 years, twenty two of those years in downtown Los Angeles’s Skid Row community. From patrolling the streets or providing a shoulder for the community to lean on to meeting with public figures and advocating for change, Deon is driven to create an environment conducive to change for the homeless and those trying to reclaim their lives from the grip of addiction. Deon is considered a subject matter expert on Skid Row crime and culture and has been sought out by multiple news organizations, various police departments, educational institutions, filmmakers, and politicians to speak on issues related to Skid Row.