Cultural Competence: A Critical Skill for Today’s Police Officers

Fundamentally, the police are responsible for understanding the culture, history, and issues affecting the communities they serve. Every day new police officers are challenged by interacting with cultures different from their own. As noted by Dennis (2020), community colleges in the U.S. are uniquely positioned to bring about social change, particularly in police reform and race relations, as they are primarily responsible for the police academies that educate and train U.S. police officers.

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