Teaching Procedural Justice and Communication Skills during Community-Police Encounters

摘要

Current society demands law enforcement officers give more attention to being guardians of the community than warriors.3 This will require a major overhaul of recruit training academies so that officers can have the leadership skills, similarly trained colleagues and supervisors, and resources they need to develop desirable social and tactical skills and respond to the ethical standards valued by their communities. To reach these goals, training should incorporate scenarios, role-playing, and simulations-with instructors who consistently emphasize the lessons both inside and outside the classroom. Lastly, training programs should include robust discussions addressing the fact that everyone deserves fair treatment and that procedural justice can make police work easier and save careers, especially when applied to those community members who have the least respect for the police.