HelpCopsHelpUs: James Returning Home

Sunday, May 13, 2012

James Returning Home

This is James' video -- the 20-year-old young man who was stranded and homeless in Tampa this past April.

Thanks to all that helped out:

Pastor Clark w/ Wesely Memorial Church, Ben Robbins and all the folks at lakehousetampa.blogspot.com.

A special Thanks to Johnnie Gennaro, President/Founder of Red Cap Plumbing for sponsoring James bus pass and for giving James some spending money for the trip back home.

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Welcome to Help Cops Help Us: A Homeless Initiative Blog

The Help Cops Help Us homeless initiative is a new problem-solving model centered on the root causes of homelessness. Its philosophy rests on the fundamental human principle that people, all people, will succumb to the human trait of inevitable behavior until intrigued or compelled to act differently.

The uniformed law enforcement officer is the epicenter of the street engagement model that uses a "coupling" technique, motivating each homeless candidate that becomes accountable to a singular and persistent mortal entity -- a street cop.

The coupling effect is a two-pronged approach where candidates who resist assistance and rehabilitation, by default will receive the law enforcement prong when behavior exhibits a callous disregard with laws and a communities desire in maintaining a certain quality of life.

The homeless candidate receives both direct and indirect assistance after a street assessment evaluates their individual needs and problems. We then solve their most basic problems so they may become self-sufficient.

We mend fences, rebuild character, solve their problems, then push them into the water where they are forced to learn how to swim again.

When they are off the streets and into housing we continue to monitor and follow-up until we are certain they have become self sufficient for long term sustainability.