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In reply to the discussion: How do we change the culture in local police departments? [View all]Ron Green
(9,822 posts)25. I have a friend who developed this project:
He interviewed cops from different departments, asking them to describe a time when they were able to defuse a confrontational or potentially violent situation. He asked them for lots of detail about their thought processes during these successful de-escalation events, and from this information he sought to develop curricula for police training.
I don't know he was able to follow through on implementation of the training, but I like the idea of building on the cops' own (albeit rare) examples of doing the right thing.
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Do you think that a Chief can come in from the outside and change the culture?
virtualobserver
Jul 2015
#6
I can't help but think that having a black President has brought much of the animus to
Nay
Jul 2015
#31
Right, every individual cop has to decide on a daily or even minute-by-minute basis
Ron Green
Jul 2015
#34
I recently read an old article about a cop who has a record number of citizen complaints.
Glassunion
Jul 2015
#38
Make the police susceptible to the same laws we are, with "enhancements".
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2015
#39