The Initiative Workshop, developed to change the perception of law enforcement, is designed in a unique way that allows Students and Community members to openly voice their HONEST opinion about the way they feel about the law enforcement profession. Their voice is heard by Ryan and other members of the law enforcement profession and responded to in a non-confrontational, open-minded manner.

This platform design serves as a dual-sided communication vehicle as it also allows members of law enforcement to also share some of the frustrations they have with the profession and with things perceived by the community. Once these transparent gateways are opened, it sets the stage for both parties to share their personal negative experiences.

This pivotal point of the presentation allows the healing to begin and the barriers to come down. Once the audience recognizes this workshop is a "safe place", the restoration process begins by educating one another about lawful and common practices of the law enforcement profession.

By utilizing real-life law enforcement scenarios during the presentation, students and community members get to see through the eyes of a law enforcement officer and make those same difficult decisions first-hand in front of their peers. After the scenarios conclude, the situations are debriefed for the sole purpose of learning from one another.

This presentation design has proven to be very effective, as it captures the hearts and minds of every person in attendance. The goal of the workshop is not to get members of law enforcement and the community to like each other, but rather have a different and better perspective and global way of thinking when evaluating the next critical incident they experience either directly or indirectly.