Episode 986: Creating Community - Skating into the Spotlight w/ Craig Hanaumi

Street Cop Podcast

Street Cop Training

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4.9 • 933 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Officer Craig Hanaumi of the Bellevue Police Department shares his experiences leading community engagement events, growing up in Hawaii, and expanding his online presence through skateboarding.

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Teaser

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Intro

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Craig’s background

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Transferring agencies

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Moving from Hawaii to Washington State

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Craig’s online presence & skateboarding

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The community-building aspect of law enforcement

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Midroll

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Craig’s fitness background

00:29:52:14 - 00:34:39:12

Diversity and culture in law enforcement

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Sensitivity

00:39:13:13 - 00:41:36:01

Craig’s Jiu-Jitsu background & qualifications for law enforcement

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The value of higher education

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Craig’s presence in his community

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Outro

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0:00.0	Hey guys, make sure you check out streetcop.com for all of our upcoming courses in person,
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0:17.9	Anytime you do anything in uniform, it draws attention.
0:20.8	And more attention than if you didn't have it.
0:22.9	And then if you do something that's kind of novel, like standing on a skateboard and
0:26.1	riding around, can draw a lot of attention, especially if you fall down.
0:29.5	There isn't a piece of our work that is easier when there's a bad relationship.
0:33.6	And every piece is significantly easier if we have good relationships, we have trust, right? And the
0:38.6	challenge of many organizations that have officers is the idea like one person who can ruin it for
0:44.4	everybody, right? And if one person in some kind of format of social media does or says something,
0:49.8	the knee-jerk reaction from the administration reasonably is, you know what, nobody can say anything
0:53.8	that. Nobody can say anything then.
0:55.5	Nobody can post anything bit.
0:58.4	Fully downside, like you said, Dennis, is you can't show good stuff.
1:00.7	If you prohibit it completely, you can't show any good stuff.
1:08.0	And I think having the discretion on the officer, and if the trust is given to us, then we shouldn't take advantage and abuse that. One 11. One second.
1:09.6	Yeah. and abuse that.
1:20.8	Hey guys, welcome this episode of the street cop training podcast.
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