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Balancing Our Biases PAT424R
**Cancellations for this class must be received by NEMRT 7 days prior to the start of the program in order to avoid being billed!**
Location:
Schaumburg Police Department
Date:
11/19/2018
Starts:
08:00 AM
Ends:
04:00 PM
NEMRT Certificate Hours:
8
Speaker(s):
Member Fee:
$100.00
NonMember Fee:
$250.00
Department Max:
2
**PLEASE Scroll through the course description to gather all required information for this class!**
This course addresses how an officer's unconscious Implicit Biases will affect an officer's assessment, evaluation, behavior and subsequent decisions when dealing with people who may be different then them. Designed by Lt. Jim Glennon, a 30 year police veteran with a degree in Psychology and over 20 years instructor experience in human behavior and communication, the course is realistic, practical and immediately applicable to officers in the field. The many misconceptions and myths about bias in general are addressed as we make clear that not only are implicit biases natural phenomenons of the bind but they are also, in most cases, accurate and functional. Instead we examine biases of an illicit nature especially when it comes to race and diversity. Biases that may cause officers to innately view certain people as dangerous without merit which in turn can affect their subsequent decisions from how the communicate to when and how they use force. We encourage interaction and discuss uncomfortable topics including racial profiling, Black Lives Matter, how white and minority officers are dealing with the current climate and the history of racism in the profession. In addition, we address the stop and frisk controversies and establish the need for more training in understanding how to both determine and articulate reasonable suspicion outside of merely race. Balancing our Biases has a goal of helping officers honestly evaluating their biases, techniques for managing them as well as teaching applicable skills that they can immediately utilize on the street. It is not designed to simply check an attendance box. The course will discuss the following: - Learn how the unconscious works - How race may affect assessment, evaluations & decisions - Managing prejudice on a conscious level - The difference between prejudice and racism - Systemic & Individual solutions - The Police, the Public, the Media & Use of Force Facts - Articulating consciously what the unconscious perceives This program has been certified by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board. It is not reimbursable by the ILETSB.
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