Panelist Joe Brann served as Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services in the U.S. Department of Justice during the Clinton Administration, and served as Chief of Police in Hayward, California.
Panelist Leo Terrell is an attorney in Los Angeles with a civil rights background, and has provided legal and political commentary on TV and radio programs such as: Nightline, Larry King Live, among others. Mr. Terrell is also a member of the Statewide Commission Against Hate Crimes.
Panelist Joe Domanick is an award-winning investigative journalist, author, and Assoc. Dir. of the Center on Media, Crime and Justice at City University of New York. Mr. Domanick's articles have appeared in numerous international publications such as The New York Times, Times Magazine, among others. Mr. Domanick's latest book, Blue: The LAPD and the Battle to Redeem American Policing was just released.
Panelist and Officer Leon Hines is a multi-year veteran of the California Highway Patrol. Mr. Hines is also actively involved with in volunteer work striving to build tomorrow's generation of leaders with a focus on African American youth.
Panelist Jason Plunkett is an active Volunteer Youth Counselor working with African American teens, a 'Group Home' consultant, and has spent many years counseling displaced youth and teens in crisis.