Milwaukee police officers aim to ‘humanize the badge’ with community barbershop event [Video]

TONIGHT. ERICA, THE CONNECTION TONIGHT, THROUGH BARBERSHOP CONVERSATION. ERICA: RIGHT. TONIGHT WE SPOKE WITH A MILWAUKEE POLICE OFFICER WHO IS TRYING TO LEAVE A LASTING IMPACT ON YOUNG PEOPLE. >> CLIPPERS AND COPS! ERICA: COPS AND THE COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER. IT’S SOMETHING MILWAUKEE POLICE OFFICER DOMINIQUE THOMPSON REMEMBERS FONDLY FROM HIS OWN CHILDHOOD. >> WHEN WE WAS GROWING UP, COPS WAS LIKE SUPERHEROES, LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD SUPERHEROES. THEY HAD COME AROUND HAND OUT BASEBALL CARDS. ERICA HE’S ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A : COP. >> GROWING UP, IT WAS A LOT OF NEGATIVE INTERACTIONS. THERE’S ALSO A LOT OF POSITIVE INTERACTIONS. BUT THE MAIN GOAL IS WE WANT TO HUMANIZE THE BADGE. ERICA: SO IN HIS ROLE, OFFICER THOMPSON NOW TRIES TO MAKE MORE POSITIVE INTERACTIONS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, THROUGH EVENTS LIKE CLIPPERS AND COPS THURSDAY NIGHT. OFFERING FREE HAIRCUTS, FOOD, AND CONVERSATION WITH KIDS AND THEIR PARENTS. AN OPPORTUNITY THAT …