Law Enforcement as Community Mentors to Youth

John Haynes is Chief Investigator of the City of Durant Police Department in Durant, Mississippi. This video podcast highlights Investigator Haynes as a community partner of the Community Student Learning Center in Lexington, Mississippi, a Rural Grantee of the Office on Violence Against Women. The Community Student Learning Center is implementing a mentoring and peer support program to end intimate partner sexual violence among teens. Here Mr. Haynes discusses his experiences as a community mentor and how it has informed his work as a police officer