Combating the gun violence crisis across Philadelphia, head on. That’s the goal of an annual day camp in West Philadelphia, aimed at teaching students violence prevention and de-escalation.
"Just let them know what’s going on before you do it. Don’t start going and grabbing and moving around," Philadelphia Police Officer Ian Nance said.
"We are teaching these young men the art of bringing down a temperature of a conflict and ensuring that they understand picking up a gun is a last resort," Stith said. "I tell my sons the same thing, at the end of the day, I want you to come home. We can deal with whatever the argument is or whatever you felt was disrespectful, at that moment," Officer Nance explained. "We can deal with later, but I need you home in order to do that."
Students say they walked away from the training with a completely new perspective of police officers, due to the time they spent in the day camp.
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