Mediation Program So Successful, It'd Going Be Canceled!

by Jeff Thompson

From Jeff Thompson's Enjoy Mediation Blog

March 2009

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Mediation Program on the Chopping Block

That's right, despite the fact that the mediation program between Police and civilians in San Fransisco is doing so good, it is still on the chopping block because of the budget woes.

How successful is the program? participants in the program have given it a whopping 96% satisfaction rating in 2008.

From the article, "The program is a bright spot for an office rebounding from a withering 2007 city controller's audit that found "officers who arguably should have been disciplined, counseled, or retrained were not" because 53 percent of the time the office failed to complete investigations by the nine-month deadline."

Read the article [here].

Btw, on the topic of budget cuts, I found this picture on the web and had to post it as my

"Pic of the Day".

Biography

Jeff Thompson is a certified international mediator. He is also a law enforcement detective in New York. His law enforcement role include a being a communication and conflict specialist, interfaith dialogue, developing and implementing community engagement programs, and designing training workshops.

Jeff is currently a PhD candidate researching nonverbal communication and mediation at Griffith University Law School. He also received his MS in Negotiation and Dispute Resolution from the Creighton University School of Law. Jeff has presented and trained on the topic of conflict, mediation, communication and nonverbal communication internationally and has been published and featured with numerous international media organizations. He currently writes also at PsychologyToday.com.

(All posts by Jeff Thompson represent his personal reflections and opinions as a mediator and not that of any organization.)

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