{"id":6434,"date":"2020-10-26T00:50:52","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T00:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/wordpress\/lavie\/?p=6434"},"modified":"2020-10-26T00:50:52","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T00:50:52","slug":"lvc-students-and-the-local-community-support-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2020\/10\/26\/lvc-students-and-the-local-community-support-police\/","title":{"rendered":"LVC students and the local community support police"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dslc-theme-content\"><div id=\"dslc-theme-content-inner\"><p>Bailey Thumm &#8217;22, Staff Writer<\/p>\n<p>LVC students and the local community are striving to reunite people to support police by depoliticizing the career.<\/p>\n<p>Every Thursday from 3-6 p.m., since Sept. 10, a group of local community members have rallied at the Annville Square to show their support for law enforcement. Organizers say the rally is apolitical and anyone is welcome to join.<\/p>\n<p>LVC students along with some faculty and staff are working on creating a \u201cBack the Police\u201d walk around campus to emphasize the need for supporting police without having politics involved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLaw enforcement is being used as a political football when the U.S. Policing should be apolitical but community-based,\u201d Dr. Chris Dolan, professor of political science, said. \u201cLaw enforcement, like every institution, must be a reflection of civil society and the rule of law in our democracy. We have to find an appropriate balance between civil rights\/liberties and public safety. We must depoliticize our law enforcement and build stronger communities and institutions so everyone can thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LVC\u2019s COVID-19 guidelines urge students not to attend off-campus events, so this event would give students the opportunity to express support for police in a safe manner. Details of the walk have not yet been released.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Bailey Thumm &#8217;22, Staff Writer LVC students and the local community are striving to reunite people to support police by depoliticizing the career. Every Thursday from 3-6 p.m., since Sept. 10, a group of local <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2020\/10\/26\/lvc-students-and-the-local-community-support-police\/\" title=\"LVC students and the local community support police\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6434","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-campus-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6434\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}