What the Paris conference needs is not bluster and backroom deals with the threat on law enforcement, but compassionate politics to bring the world on board.
President Obama had campaigned on a promise of a more compassionate approach to immigration enforcement that would focus on ridding the country of felons and cracking down on employers who deliberately hire illegal workers.
Law enforcement must adopt a compassionate, humane approach to the problems of the urban poor -- an approach that goes beyond the rhetoric of 'community policing' to a method of engagement that promotes trust, healing, and genuine partnership.
Going after compassionate professionals like Amy and Kim wastes law enforcement resources that could be spent tracking down the real killers among doctors or nurses, whose profession gives them cover to get away with murder for years or decades.
Still, expressing sorrow over a death is a very compassionate, very human gesture that few American law enforcement officials ever make in public.
47 is an initiative written and supported by law enforcement officials to create a more compassionate approach to our community's drug issues than any harsh enforcement program ever could.
President Bush today unveiled a $19 billion national antidrug strategy that gives renewed impetus to law enforcement at home and abroad and calls for "compassionate coercion" to get addicts into treatment.
Enforcement of the CSA can continue as it did prior to the Compassionate Use Act.
He cited a number of law enforcement agencies, including the New Haven Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, for the "professional and compassionate manner in which they are conducting the investigation".
A robust healthcare response, however, requires a healthcare workforce that is aware of the health impact of this issue; educated about how to identify and treat affected individuals in a compassionate, culturally aware, and trauma-informed manner; and trained about how to collaborate efficiently with law enforcement, case management, and advocacy partners.
