Communities Under Fear explores how immigration enforcement practices are unintentionally eroding public trust, weakening public safety, and disrupting everyday life for legal residents, citizens, and local businesses. Drawing from firsthand conversations with police professionals and corporate chaplaincy experience, this article calls for accountability, clarity, and community-centered approaches to safety.

This blog explores the overlooked role of trauma, PTSD, and nervous system dysregulation in high-stress law enforcement encounters, asking whether unaddressed trauma can increase risk and harm. Written from the perspective of a police chaplain certified in Critical Incident Management, it calls for trauma-informed accountability that protects both officers and communities.