DAVIDSON, N.C. -- When a police officer walks down a school hallway something usually is going wrong, but in this situation, conflict is no where to be found.

Carson Pauling is junior at Davidson Day School, but she’s not too young to know relations between police and the community nationally aren’t good.

“There's been a lot of police shootings, police negative interactions with people and youth especially,” Pauling said. “I definitely know a lot of people were frustrated and fed up.”

But rather than just complain about it at home or even protest, she decided to reach out directly to the police chief.

“It's very rare that a teenager wants to come in and meet with the police chief or any police officer,” said Davidson Police Chief Penny Dunn.

Dunn has spent 30 plus years in law enforcement.

“I really liked her idea,” Dunn said. “Nationally there seems to be a breakdown of how we communicate with each other.”

Pauling’s idea was to set up a program focused on building relations between youth and police. It's called WOKE.

“The term woke means being educated and aware of what's going on in society,” Pauling said.

The program focuses on people ages 14 to 24. It includes demonstrations with police showing everything from traffic stops to how officers respond to a suspicious person call.

“It's an open conversation,” Pauling said. “It's not just educating the citizens on what they can do, it's also educating the police officers on how the citizens feel.”

The goal is to also get people talking.

“People know you not just as Chief Dunn, they know you as Penny Dunn and they can come to you if they have a problem,” Dunn said.

That's already happened for these two as they work to create conversations rather than a confrontation.

It’s why Carson Pauling is an Everyday Hero.

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