THEOLA M. COOPER
Theola Cooper has been a Crime Prevention Specialist with the Omaha Police Department’s Northeast Precinct for eight years. As a Crime Prevention Specialist, she coordinates Neighborhood and Business Watch groups and community relation activities, such as Fun in the Park, National Night Out, Cops and Bobbers, Coffee with a Cop, and the Youth Citizen Education Training Program. She also assists in planning cultural events – NAACP Juneteenth Parade and Native Omaha Days.
Theola is a member of the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Chancellor’s Board of Counselors, University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Biobank Community Board, Cinco de Mayo Omaha and currently serves as President of the American Heart Association’s Together To End Stroke Ambassadors.
Ms. Cooper started a program, REALationships, to addresses an issue of straw purchasing – where young women are coerced into buying guns on behalf of someone who cannot pass a background check. REALtionships aims to decrease the involvement of young women in criminal activity, and equip them with skills to make right choices in their lives, whether it is about their own health or relationship.
In her free time, Theola volunteers with the Omaha Performing Arts, enjoys listening to live music, and spending time with her friends and family. She has one son named, Mychal Davis.
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