Several groups are working together to improve the bond between law enforcement agencies and the communities they protect. That collaboration is now blitzing the media with their message.
A piano plays somber and urgent music behind the blurred faces of a white police officer and a black man.
鈥淲e need to fight the stereotypes.鈥�
The public service announcement is part of Ohio鈥檚 鈥淐hange Starts Here鈥� campaign to help prevent hostility between police and the community.
Karhlton Moore, director of Ohio鈥檚 Office of Criminal Justice Services, says the PSA shows how people鈥檚 preconceived judgement can cloud reality.
鈥淭hat is a real, live human being sitting right there who is part of a community, who has a family, who has all these other things going on and at the end of the day that person just wants to go home to their family,鈥� said Moore.
The campaign is also pushing their message using posters and the hashtag, Change Starts Here.
