Page 5 - 2021 ABLE Conference Brochure

Dear Conference Attendees,
For more than 100 years, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law has been opening the minds of future law professionals and exposing them to the Jesuit tradition of academic rigor, pursuit of justice, and service to others. At Loyola, we believe in critical thinking and disciplined studies as a means of developing the whole person — mind, body and spirit — and encouraging students to become well-rounded people who contribute to the greater good. It is against this backdrop that we give our support to the ABLE program.
As a community committed to the Jesuit ideals of justice, equity, and the dignity of all people, we are immensely saddened by the current state of police/community relations in the United States and the tragic events that brought us to this point. As a community of law professors, lawyers, and law students, we stand for a law enforcement culture in which all people, regardless of race, are protected, not victimized. We believe in a system of laws that demands justice at every level.
We also believe in the power of ABLE to prevent the recurrence of such horrific events. ABLE reflects a transformative way of thinking about policing. It exposes officers to well-founded social science research that expands their knowledge and helps them see their interactions with their peers in a different way. Police departments that have embraced ABLE have shared inspiring stories of careers (and lives) saved by what sometimes may be nothing more than a timely hand on a shoulder – and careers lost when none came forward to offer that hand.
ABLE transforms the culture of police departments.
It reminds us of the loyalty we owe to those around us – not blind loyalty, but thoughtful, critical loyalty. It acknowledges that sometimes showing that loyalty takes courage. Mark Twain famously quipped, “It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.” Those who embrace the principles of the ABLE Project have embarked on a path to prove Mr. Twain wrong.
The Loyola New Orleans College of Law is honored to sponsor the 4th Annual Law Enforcement Active Bystandership Conference. We know you will leave the event not only with a better understanding of peer intervention and active bystandership principles, but also with an appreciation of how those principles can save careers, save lives, and transform both police departments and the communities they serve.
Thank you for joining us. Dean Madeleine Landrieu
4. | Fourth Annual Law Enforcement Active Bystandership Conference