Don’t Cop Out: What Real Public Safety Looks Like in Black Communities

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PushBlack

History, Society & Culture

4.3 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

How the Baton Rouge Community Street Team Transforms Their City Don't Cop Out is a limited series podcast from PushBlack that explores what happens when communities take safety into their own hands. In this episode, we speak to Darius Crockett of the Baton Rouge Community Street Team (BRCST), a groundbreaking organization reimagining what public safety looks like. As a Community Navigator, he shares his firsthand insights into the power we have to build better responses to crisis, highlighting a movement that centers people-powered solutions and alternatives that don't rely on policing. Learn more about the Don't Cop Out Podcast here. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You've reached the final level.
0:02.5	The spicy McNuggets side mission.
0:05.3	Maximum flavor, crispy crunch, and a spicy dip with a kick.
0:09.6	Are you ready?
0:11.7	Spicey McNuggets for a limited time only.
0:14.9	Until the night of September 25, fees apply to delivery.
0:17.4	Participation and price may vary.
0:18.5	Subject to availability, serving time supply.
0:20.4	Welcome to Don't Cop Out. The show that challenges everything you think you know about public safety.
0:25.7	I'm your host, William C. Anderson.
0:46.3	Each episode, I'll introduce you to a community safety responder who's leading the charge and creating alternatives to policing. Together, we'll debunk common myths about what keeps us unsafe and introduce you to the people proving that true safety doesn't require
0:55.4	a badge or a gun today i'm speaking with darius crocket of badenrooge community street team
1:01.9	let's get into it welcome darius how you doing today what's going all be brother how you you doing man How you doing today?
1:10.9	What's going all big, brother? How you doing, man? How you doing today?
1:14.2	I'm good. I'm good. So I'm really excited to be talking to you. And this conversation's been a long time coming.
1:23.7	And one of the things I want to do is just kind of jump right into talking about some of the myths and misconceptions that might come with the type of work that you do.
1:32.7	Okay.
1:33.7	So many people believe that the police are the only way to respond to safety concerns.
1:40.2	How would you say that you might challenge that idea through your work?
1:45.7	Well, I would say through this community violence intervention strategy that we're using here in Baton Rouge,
1:50.5	I would say it's very instrumental because we're able to get in and not only are able to get
1:54.8	intel, we're able to stop certain situations to keep people from getting their self into
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