{"id":7097,"date":"2026-04-27T15:24:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/?p=7097"},"modified":"2026-04-27T15:51:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:51:02","slug":"photos-of-the-week-heroes-of-kindness-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/27\/photos-of-the-week-heroes-of-kindness-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos of the Week: Heroes of Kindness Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shreveport Police Union, I.U.P.A. Local #275 Members visited several schools to host the Heroes of Kindness Program for local kids.<\/p>\n

Shreveport Police Department posted about it on social media, \u201cLast week, Shreveport Police Community Liaison Officers, along with our Neighborhood Assistance Team members, visited several Caddo Parish schools to host our Heroes of Kindness program. \ud83d\udc99 The goal was simple but powerful \u2014 teach our young people how to make kind choices and take kind actions every single day.\u201d<\/p>\n

They continued, \u201cWe kicked things off with a Kindness Circle, where each student shared something positive about the person standing next to them. Smiles spread quickly around the room. From there, our CLOs and NATs stepped into \u2018actor mode,\u2019 performing real-life scenarios students may encounter \u2014 bullying, feeling left out, losing a lunch, tripping and falling, or simply having a bad day. The students would call out \u2018Action!\u2019 to begin the scene\u2026 and then \u2018Cut!\u2019 to pause and talk through the kind way to handle the situation. After discussing better choices, our officers acted out the improved response.\u201d<\/p>\n

They continued, \u201cThe kids were engaged, excited, and eager to participate \u2014 and they didn\u2019t hold back when it was time to shout \u2018Cut!\u2019 \ud83c\udfac To wrap it all up, every student took the Kindness Oath: \u2018I promise to use kind words, kind actions, and kind choices to make our classroom a better place.\u2019 And of course, we sent everyone home with goody bags as a reminder that being a hero doesn\u2019t require a cape \u2014 just kindness.\u201d<\/p>\n

They closed with, \u201cWe are proud of the work our officers continue to do inside our schools, helping shape the next generation one positive interaction at a time. \ud83d\udc99\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Each week, the I.U.P.A. Briefing Room features a photo that exemplifies the valuable part of the community that our Law Enforcement Officers all across the U.S. are and their positive impact as well as their dedication, service, and sacrifice.<\/p>\n

Submit your photos today to be considered for the photo of the week next week to alinaj@iupa.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photos-of-the-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7097"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7107,"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7097\/revisions\/7107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}