Cempaka Belanda: Community policing calms inner city unrest

"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) - (Text version)

"The Timing of the Great Shift" – Mar 21, 2009 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Text version)

“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.
They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."

"Update on Current Events" – Jul 23, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: The Humanization of God, Gaia, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Benevolent Design, Financial Institutes (Recession, System to Change ...), Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Nuclear Power Revealed, Geothermal Power, Hydro Power, Drinking Water from Seawater, No need for Oil as Much, Middle East in Peace, Persia/Iran Uprising, Muhammad, Israel, DNA, Two Dictators to fall soon, Africa, China, (Old) Souls, Species to go, Whales to Humans, Global Unity,..... etc.)

"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Community policing calms inner city unrest

Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 20 January 2010 - 7:47pm, by RNW News Desk

Ever since ethnic unrest broke out in the provincial town of Culemborg at New Year, the local authorities have been searching for a strategy to keep a tighter lid on conflicts. Culemborg may be able to learn from Overtoomse Veld in Amsterdam. Once notorious for repeated riots, the district has calmed down considerably over the past six years.

Amsterdam police say the turnaround is thanks to community surveillance by police officers from various cultural backgrounds. One of their main duties is to keep young people, parents and social workers communicating with one another.

”I’m not afraid of making contact with people. I can even be pretty cheeky sometimes. I’m happy to ring doorbells and say ‘I’m the new police community officer. Just dropped by to introduce myself.’ People know I represent the authorities. They’re not blind: I’m wearing a uniform. But at the same time, they can see I’m making the effort to speak their language. And that’s something they appreciate a lot. It’s only then that you gain their trust.”

Moroccan culture

Community officer Mustapha Rahali explains that relations between the police and the district’s young residents used to be poor. In the late 1990s, unrest was rife in the predominantly Moroccan district of Overtoomse Veld. The youth crime rate was high. There were armed robberies and even riots. Distrust of the police was endemic.

And the police had real trouble getting their finger on the pulse in the neighbourhood, because so few officers spoke Arabic or were familiar with Moroccan culture. The time was ripe for community officers of Moroccan origin – people like Mustapha Rahali – to bridge the gap with residents.

This approach – introducing officers who speak the language and know the culture – seems to be reaping rewards. Last year the district was able to report a 50 percent drop in crime over six years and a sharp drop in public disturbances.

Balance

But what is it like to represent the Dutch authorities while having to take action against your fellow Moroccans? For Mustapha, it’s all a question of balance.

“It’s very important to strike the right balance between repression and social contact. If you’re too repressive, doors will slam in your face. But if you’re too sociable, people will walk all over you. So you have to balance things out and that’s what I’ve managed to achieve in the past four years - quite effectively, if I say so myself. The gentleman I’ve been chatting too is just as likely to get a fine from me as anyone else, because at the end of the day I’m a law enforcer. And that’s something people understand.”

Recruitment

The Amsterdam police force has been trying for years to recruit more officers from ethnic minority groups, but still only twelve percent are from a non-Dutch background. That’s nowhere near enough in a city where cultural diversity is the norm. As a Moroccan, Mustapha too had additional obstacles to overcome in order to join the police.

“We come from a country where the government treats its citizens very differently. So it was a big deal to convince my parents that the Netherlands is different, that we live in a democracy, and that the Dutch police are here to serve the people, not suppress them. It wasn’t easy. But I kept on going and now you can see the results.”

Integration in Holland

Like it or not, the Netherlands is a multicultural society. Through the centuries, immigrants have come to live here and have assimilated to a great extent. Portuguese Jews of the 15th century, European-Indonesian migrants who came after World War Two are examples. They learned the Dutch language and customs and passed these on to their children. Not only did they transform themselves, they also changed the society around them, influencing the speech, cuisine and many other aspects of Dutch culture. As this transformation was happening, few took notice.
Today this is very different. As immigrants adapt to Dutch society, the process is being studied as if under a microscope. Academic researchers, politicians and journalists are continuously observing and commenting on integration. Some paint a negative picture of today's immigrant: preferring the burqa to blue jeans, couscous to cabbage and potatoes. Unwilling or unable to learn Dutch, taking little on board and offering little in return to the culture.
Naturally this is a narrow view, though it's clear the differences between Dutch and immigrant cultures are a source of conflict. Integration can be a painful - and painfully slow - process. As it continues, Radio Netherlands Worldwide explores some of the problems encountered, and the solutions offered, on the path to integration.

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