Morgan Givens

The badge don't do nothing but exacerbate the qualities of who we are at our core. That's part of the power of being a cop. But it wasn't a power I really wanted. After a few years, I resigned from the police department. But not before making some changes. The chief of police tasked me and a handful of other officers with rewriting the entirety of the Washington DC Police Academy training program.

The badge don't do nothing but exacerbate the qualities of who we are at our core. That's part of the power of being a cop. But it wasn't a power I really wanted. After a few years, I resigned from the police department. But not before making some changes. The chief of police tasked me and a handful of other officers with rewriting the entirety of the Washington DC Police Academy training program.

The badge don't do nothing but exacerbate the qualities of who we are at our core. That's part of the power of being a cop. But it wasn't a power I really wanted. After a few years, I resigned from the police department. But not before making some changes. The chief of police tasked me and a handful of other officers with rewriting the entirety of the Washington DC Police Academy training program.

And I rewrote the hell out of that thing. Learning about unconscious bias and intersectionality. Oh, they got that. Learning how not to be a homophobe, a transphobe, or a misogynist. I wrote that down too. Because one of the things that happens when officers get in trouble is courts pull their training records. And one of the common refrains in defense was, I didn't know. Nobody told me.

And I rewrote the hell out of that thing. Learning about unconscious bias and intersectionality. Oh, they got that. Learning how not to be a homophobe, a transphobe, or a misogynist. I wrote that down too. Because one of the things that happens when officers get in trouble is courts pull their training records. And one of the common refrains in defense was, I didn't know. Nobody told me.

And I rewrote the hell out of that thing. Learning about unconscious bias and intersectionality. Oh, they got that. Learning how not to be a homophobe, a transphobe, or a misogynist. I wrote that down too. Because one of the things that happens when officers get in trouble is courts pull their training records. And one of the common refrains in defense was, I didn't know. Nobody told me.

I wasn't trained. At the very least, they can't say that no more. And if they try. Most of the officers I know will put that lie to rest, because the heart of the officer does matter. And I had seen their hearts, and they had also seen mine.

I wasn't trained. At the very least, they can't say that no more. And if they try. Most of the officers I know will put that lie to rest, because the heart of the officer does matter. And I had seen their hearts, and they had also seen mine.

I wasn't trained. At the very least, they can't say that no more. And if they try. Most of the officers I know will put that lie to rest, because the heart of the officer does matter. And I had seen their hearts, and they had also seen mine.