ZETRA began in the aftermath of George Floyd's death — not as a corporate initiative, but as a direct community response. Twenty years of relationships became the foundation of a training program unlike anything available in the national market.
Minneapolis, Minnesota · Founded 2020
Built from the direct testimony of community leaders
ZETRA was founded in Minnesota in the months following George Floyd's death — not as a reaction, but as an answer. Through community surveys, direct interviews, and sustained engagement with community leaders and liaisons across Minnesota and beyond, a clear picture emerged.
Officers were acting in good faith and still failing — not because of bad intent, but because the knowledge they needed did not exist in any training program available to them.
Our founder brought 20+ years of direct relationships with Somali, East African, and immigrant communities to the work. Not as a researcher, but as someone who built those relationships over decades — attending community events, sitting in on mediations, working alongside community liaisons who trusted him because he had earned it.
Two decades of direct community engagement with East African and immigrant communities across Minnesota begins.
George Floyd's death and its aftermath create an urgent demand for training that goes beyond generic diversity content. ZETRA curriculum development begins.
Community surveys and interviews with community leaders complete. First module delivered to Minnesota law enforcement agencies.
iZone Corp achieves federal government vendor registration. ZETRA training program formalized for nationwide delivery.
All 7 modules complete, POST-aligned, and delivered to agencies in multiple states. Full grant documentation package available for every federal program.
Direct community engagement before a single training module was written
Certified minority-owned enterprise, registered federal government vendor
In-person, online, and hybrid delivery to agencies in all 50 states
Every module aligned to POST continuing education requirements nationwide
Abdull Mohamed brings 20+ years of direct community engagement with Somali, East African, and immigrant communities across the United States. He is not a diversity consultant who studied these communities from the outside — he built relationships inside them over decades, attending community events, working with liaisons, and earning the trust of community leaders who rarely work with law enforcement training organizations.
That access is what makes Module 03 — Somali & East African Community Dynamics — unlike anything else available to law enforcement. It was built from the inside.
ZETRA is a division of iZone Corp — a registered federal government contracting vendor and minority-owned enterprise based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. iZone Corp provides the institutional foundation for ZETRA's operations: federal registration, compliance infrastructure, and the grant documentation frameworks that make every ZETRA package reimbursable.
As a registered federal vendor, iZone Corp can contract directly with federal agencies and grant programs — streamlining the procurement process for departments that need to route training through federal contracts.
Every module begins with what actually happens between officers and community members — not what research papers say happens. The curriculum was built from direct relationships, not literature reviews.
Every ZETRA module has a defined behavioral outcome that can be observed and measured in the field. We do not train officers to feel better about cultural competency. We train them to perform better in cross-cultural encounters.
ZETRA was designed to be fundable by the grants departments already have. Making excellent training inaccessible because it is too expensive to procure helps no one. Documentation is not an afterthought — it is built into every module.
ZETRA is a division of iZone Corp — a registered federal government contracting vendor based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. iZone Corp was built to provide the institutional infrastructure that ZETRA's mission requires: federal registration, compliance frameworks, and the grant documentation systems that make training reimbursable at scale.
As a registered minority-owned federal government vendor, iZone Corp can contract directly with federal agencies — simplifying procurement for departments that need to route training through federal contracting vehicles.
iZone Corp
Registered Federal Government Contractor
Minority-Owned Enterprise (MBE)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nationwide — All 50 States
Federal, State & Local Agencies