Guidelines for Law Enforcement's Design of Cultural Awareness Training Programs

Download or read book Guidelines for Law Enforcement's Design of Cultural Awareness Training Programs written by California. Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report describes an approach to community-based cultural awareness training. The program must start with support from the top administrator to be effective. Executive officers must become human relations leaders, not only in their agencies, but in their communities. Critical to a successful program is the development of training partnerships with immigrant and racial groups in our communities. Community training mentors should be enlisted to provide the information bridge between immigrant, racial groups and law enforcement. Each law enforcement agency should select and train a cultural awareness facilitator. This approach will assist agencies in developing capabilities for ongoing cultural awareness training