SAN DIEGO, CA – The San Diego Youth Transition Campus was the site of the most recent Game Changer training thanks to the Point Loma Nazarene University Criminal Justice Department, a longtime Game Changer partner and sponsor. The training event occurred on March 19, 2025, and marked the first time in Game Changer history that committed or detained youths participated in the formal training of members of California law enforcement inside a juvenile facility.

5 San Diego Probation officers, 2 La Mesa PD officers, and Captain Michael Blevins of the San Diego Sheriff’s Department, discussed problems and devised solutions with 10 girls from the San Diego Youth Transition Campus, and 5 Point Loma Nazarene criminal justice majors.  The 5 participating Probation Officers earned a total of 15 continuing education units from California Standards and Training for Corrections (STC).  La Mesa PD and San Diego County Sheriff’s Department personnel earned a total of 12 continuing education units from the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST).

Topics of discussion during the 3-hour training included: racial profiling, abuse of power, lack of trust, not knowing one’s rights, and the challenges of getting off probation.  The trainees devised solutions to the following problems: Communication, the difficulty of getting off probation, fair treatment/lack of integrity, and gang violence. All participants completed pre and post perception surveys.

San Diego Probation Officer and Game Changer Founder Sean Sheppard

Since December 2016, Game Changer has conducted 171 in-person and virtual training events in 10 different states and Canada.  A total of 3,072 community residents and members of law enforcement have participated in the training events, including 57 unique law enforcement agencies on the local, state and federal levels.

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