UNDERSTANDING CULTURAL DIFERENCES

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Officer Richard Neil (retired)
Community Diversity Part 1
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On my honor,I will never betray my badge,my
integrity, my character, or the public trust.I
will always havethe courage to hold myselfand
others accountable for our actions.I will always
uphold the constitutionmy community and the
agency I serve.So help me God
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End to old ideas

• Long Arm of the Law
• Police vs. the bad guys
• Kick Ass, Take Names - Not the philosophy for
  policing into the 21st century
• Code of Silence is no longer tolerated
• Officers have developed their own privately owned
  language (Cop Lingo) which might be judgmental
  and offensive to the community

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Cop Lingo

• Attitude adjustment?
• Physically harming a person to instill respect
  for the police
• Routine call?
• Service call with no extraordinary circumstances
• Good Rape?
• Rape with a credible victim

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Cop Lingo

• Crispy Critter?
• Arson or burn victim
• Stiff?
• Dead person
• Road Kill?
• Person who has died as
  the result of a crash
• Pigeon?
• Victim of a con artist

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Cop Lingo

• Cop Groupie?
• Woman who fraternizes with peace officers with
  the intention of having relationships with them
• Bean Hole?
• Food Port
• Snitch?
• Informant, good or bad

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Cop Lingo

• Crack Head?
• Addict
• Dirt Bag?
• Anyone officers dont like
• Puzzle Palace?
• Headquarters
• Dick?
• Detective

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Cop Lingo

• 548?
• Calling someone an idiot by number (1096 Mental
  patient)
• Dime?
• 10 years in jail or 10 in drugs
• Dope?
• Any illegal narcotics
• Dirty?
• Guilty of a crime

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Cop Lingo

• Hoopty or P.O.S.?
• Car in crappy shape
• On the Box?
• Lie Detector Test
• Whacked?
• Killed, hit, assaulted
• Bunko?
• Con artist fraud

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What was the predominant ethnicity of the first
American police officers. Why?
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Black History Month Handout

• Read the handout in your group and decide on the
  possible negative/positive outcomes.
• What questions do you
  have about the columnist
  who wrote the article?

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HUMAN DNA

• If our DNA coding was stretched it would reach
  from New York to the California coastline.
• Our DNA coding would fill 200 Manhattan size
  phonebooks with 1,000 pages each.
• All 100,000 of your genes are crammed into the 23
  pairs of chromosomes in the nucleus
  of each of your cells!

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HUMAN DNA

• Children share 99.5 of their parents DNA
• ALL of Gods people share over 99 of the exact
  same DNA!!!

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PURPOSE OF TRAINING IN CULTURAL DIFFERENCES AND
DIVERSITY

• Pro-active approach enhances positive
  police-community relations
• Reduces lawsuits
• End to old ideas myths
• Improves professionalism
  understanding

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Ohios Diversity

• From 92 countries, 808 immigrants became new
  American citizens at Value City Arena in 2008.
• In 2004, Ohio processed 14,211 citizenship
  applications, triple the number in 2003.
• Nationwide, 450,000
  immigrants are expected to
  take the oath this year.

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Diversity of the Dollar Bill?
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Who Was Haym Solomon?

• Polish Jew Savior of a Nation?
• 1776 arrested as a spy as part of the Sons of
  Liberty, 18 months
• Later sentenced to death but escaped
• War Chest was empty
• 25 million in todays
• Bailed out the U.S. several more
  times

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SENSITIVITY

• The ability to consider the feeling of others and
  address the party in a respectful and
  non-offensive manner

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CULTURAL AWARENESS

• The opening of our minds and hearts to the ways
  of others
• The mutual exchange of knowledge for the
  betterment of humanity

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Are people a product of their environment?
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Why is cultural awareness important to you as a
Law Enforcement Official?

• A police officer pulled over a car for a traffic
  violation. The driver appeared to be
  non-American. He stopped, then got out of the car
  and approached the officers car, shouting and
  waving his arms. The officer wondered if this
  person was dangerous or unstable, preparing to
  attack him/her.

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• In some cultures, you dont inconvenience a
  police officer by making him/her get out of the
  car and come to you. Waiting for the officer or
  doing nothing is a tacit admission of guilt. In
  the context of the drivers cultural norms, he
  was paying the officer the utmost respect by
  stepping out of the car. Waving his arms letting
  him know he is unarmed.

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Diversity in American Law Enforcement
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1891 New York
1910 L.A. Alice Wells
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Marie Owens Chicago PD

• Detective sergeant in 1891

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Bass Reeves
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• Born enslaved in 1838 in Crawford County,
  Arkansas
• Fled north into Indian Territory and lived with
  Seminole and Creek Indians.
• Reeves and his family farmed until 1875
• Recruited by Judge Isaac Parker U.S. Marshal
  James Fagan in 1875
• Reeves arrested over 3,000 fugitives
  killed at least 14
• At statehood became a member of the Muskogee,
  Oklahoma, police department at the age of 68

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Dayton PD

• First black police officer?
• Patorlman William Jenkins
  1897
• Lucius Rice 1909 Sgt. 1915
  
  killed by gunfire 1939

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Sheriff Collins

• First female Sheriff in Ohio What year?

1925
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SPO1 COMMUNITY DIVERSITY

• Understanding different life practices relating
  to race, religion, gender, age, physical
  ability/disability, sexual orientation, validity
  and integrity of those behaviors

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U.S. POPULATION

• As of Jan 11, 2006
• U.S. 305,600,000 World 6,750,000,000
  
• Source http//www.census.gov

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THE WORLDS POPULATION

• If we could shrink the earths population to the
  size of a village of precisely 100 people, with
  all the existing human ratios remaining the same,
  it would look something like the following

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How Many Would There Be?

• Europeans
• Asians
• Africans
• From the Western Hemisphere

• How many males vs. females
• How many white vs. non-white
• How many Christians vs. non-Christian

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THE WORLDS POPULATION

• 57 Asians
• 21 Europeans
• 14 from the Western Hemisphere,
• both North and South
• 8 Africans

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THE WORLDS POPULATION

• 52 would be Female
• 48 would be Male
• 70 would be non-white
• 30 would be white
• 70 would be non-Christian
• 30 would be Christian

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How Many Would There Be?

• How many can read?
• How many have malnutrition?
• How many have a college education?
• How many own a computer?

• How many heterosexuals vs. homosexuals
• How many will live in substandard housing?
• How many will be wealthy?

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THE WORLDS POPULATION

• 89 would be heterosexual
• 11 would be homosexual
• 6 people would possess 59 of the
• entire worlds wealth all 6 would
  be
• from the U.S.
• 80 would live in substandard housing

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THE WORLDS POPULATION

• 70 would be unable to read
• 50 would suffer from malnutrition
• 1 would be near death
• 1 would be near birth
• 1 (only) would have a
  college education
• 1 would own a computer

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OHIO POPULATION TOP 10 COUNTIES, PERCENT CHANGE
IN DEMOGRAPHICS 1990-2000

• DELAWARE 64.3
• WARREN 39.0
• UNION 28.0
• NOBLE 24.0
• MEDINA 23.5
• BROWN 20.9
• FAIRFIELD 18.7
• HOLMES 18.6
• CLERMONT 18.5
• VINTON 15.4

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PROACTIVE APPROACH

• REDUCED POLICE/COMMUNITY CONFLICT pro-active
  organization promoting understanding of
  inter-cultural communication reduce community
  conflict and misunderstandings

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Police Code of Ethics
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Police Code of Ethics
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Police Code of Ethics
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POLICE CODE OF CONDUCT

• PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES OF A POLICE OFFICER A
  police officer acts as an official representative
  of government who is required and trusted to work
  within the law

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POLICE CODE OF CONDUCT

• PERFORMANCE OF THE DUTIES OF A POLICE OFFICER A
  police officer shall perform all duties
  impartially, without favor or affection or ill
  will and without regard to status, gender, race,
  religion, political belief or aspiration

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POLICE CODE OF CONDUCT

• DISCRETION A police officer will use
  responsibly, the discretion vested in the
  position and exercise it within the law
• USE OF FORCE A police officer will never employ
  unnecessary force or violence and will use only
  such force in the discharge of duty as is
  reasonable in all circumstances

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POLICE CODE OF CONDUCT

• CONFIDENTIALITY Whatever a police officer sees,
  hears or learns of that is of a confidential
  nature will be kept secret unless the performance
  of duty or legal provision requires otherwise
• INTEGRITY A police officer will not engage in
  acts of corruption or bribery nor will an officer
  condone such acts by other police officers

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POLICE CODE OF CONDUCT

• COOPERATION WITH OTHER OFFICERS AND AGENCIES
  Police officers will cooperate with all legally
  authorized agencies and their representatives in
  the pursuit of justice

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POLICE CODE OF CONDUCT

• PERSONAL / PROFESSIONAL CAPABILITIES Police
  officers will be responsible for their own
  standard of professional performance and will
  take every reasonable opportunity to enhance and
  improve their level of knowledge and competency
• PRIVATE LIFE Police officers will behave in a
  manner that does not bring discredit to their
  agencies or themselves

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• An officers values and beliefs affect his/her
  conduct
• An officers conduct affects community perception
  of the police department
• Community perception affects an officers conduct
• Understanding cultural differences makes our job
  easier

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DEFINITIONS
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RACISM

• Prejudice and/or discrimination against people
  based on the social construction of race.
  Differences in physical characteristics (e.g.
  skin color, hair texture, eye shape) are used to
  support a system of inequities.

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Sikhism

• Monotheism - (Judaism, Christianity,
  Islam and Baha'i Faith)
• 5th largest in the world
• Principal beliefs are faith and justice
• "Realization of Truth is higher than all else.
  Higher still is truthful living Guru Nanak
• God has no gender in Sikhism, God
  is without form

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Sikhism

• Equality of all humans and rejects discrimination
  on the basis of caste, creed, and gender
• A warrior culture with only 2 of India being
  Sikh but make up nearly 30 of Indian Army
  officers
• Traditional weapons like sabres and
  chakram/quoits still used
• Congressional Medal of Honor, or equivelent, in
  every major war

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Tajdeep Singh Rattan
I am willing to lay down my life for America. In
return, I ask only that my country respect my
faith
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RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY

• Prejudice and/or discrimination against people
  based on their religious beliefs and/or practices.

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HOMOPHOBIA/HETEROSEXISM

• Prejudice and/or discrimination against people
  who are or who are perceived to be lesbian, gay,
  bisexual or transgender (LGBT). While homophobia
  is usually used to describe a blatant fear or
  hatred of LGBT people, heterosexism is a broader
  term used to describe attitudes and behaviors
  based on the belief that heterosexuality is the
  norm and/or that homosexuality is wrong.

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STEREOTYPE

• An oversimplified generalization about a person
  or group of people without regard for individual
  differences. Even seemingly positive stereotypes
  that link a person or group to a specific
  positive trait can have negative consequences.

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ABELISM

• Prejudice and/or discrimination against people
  with mental and/or physical disabilities.

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AGEISM

• Prejudice and/or discrimination against people
  because of their real or perceived age. Although
  ageism is often assumed to be bias against older
  people, members of other groups, such as teens,
  are also targets of prejudice and/or
  discrimination based on their age.

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ANTI-SEMITISM

• Prejudice and/or discrimination against Jews.
  Anti-Semitism can be based on hatred against Jews
  because of their religious beliefs and their
  group membership (ethnicity).

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CLASSISM

• Prejudice and/or discrimination against people
  because of their real or perceived social and
  economic status.

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ISLAMOPHOBIA

• Prejudice and/or discrimination against people
  who are or who are perceived to be Muslim or of
  Arab descent, and a fear or
  dislike of Islamic culture.

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Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan
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SEXISM

• Prejudice and/or discrimination against people
  based on their real or perceived sex. Sexism is
  based on a belief (conscious or unconscious) that
  there is a natural
  order based on
  sex.

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XENOPHOBIA

• Prejudice and/or discrimination against anyone or
  anything that is perceived to be foreign or
  outside ones own group, nation or culture.
  Xenophobia is commonly used to describe negative
  attitudes toward foreigners and immigrants.

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SILVESTRE S. HERRERA

• Drafted in 1944 at the age of 27 with his 4th
  child on the way. Lived in Arizona.
• ...."Son, you don't have to go, they can't draft
  you
• Not an American citizen
• Born in Camargo, Chihuahua, Mexico
• Legally, Silvestre was a Mexican National and
  didn't owe service to the United States

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SILVESTRE S. HERRERA

• "I thought, I'm going anyway.  I didn't want
  anybody to die in my place... I felt that I had
  my adopted country that had been so nice to me. 
  I thought, I have an American wife and the kids
  and one on the way." 
• Part of the first American unit to have landed in
  Europe during World War II
• Under heavy fire his one man charge captured 8
  enemy soldiers.
• When not in battle he studied to take
  his citizenship test!

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• Later they again came under fire by a machine gun
  nest taking countless American lives. They were
  separated by a mine field.
• Alone Silvestre entered the mine field to attack
  the enemy.
• A mine exploded severing his leg below the knee.
• He attacked again and another mine exploded below
  him costing him his other
  leg.
• Yet he continued to fight.

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• Silvestre's courage and fighting spirit became
  legendary, but it also presented the United
  States with a problem.   The young hero still was
  not an American citizen.
• He was asked if he wanted to call home to tell
  them he had survived the attack? 
• He is the only person in the world authorized to
  wear the Medal of Honor and Mexico's equivalent

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SPO2 BENEFITS OF UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENT CULTURES

• Pro-active approach enhances and embraces
  positive police-community relations
• Reduction in frequency of lawsuits
• Greater personal/organizational benefits
• End to old ideas
• Police image perception.

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SPO2 BENEFITS OF UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENT CULTURES

• Pro-active approach enhances and embraces
  positive police-community relations

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Hindu

• There is one God, with many manifestations in
  different religions- all lead to God
• Eternal, unchanging, infinite, immanent, and
  transcendent reality which is the Divine Ground
  of all matter, energy, time, space, being, and
  everything beyond in this Universe
• Brahman religious belief is just seen as
  different paths to the one god

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Hindu

• Is Christianity much different?
• Christians believe in angels, demons, and saints
  that are inferior to God
• Christians do not consider these beings as gods,
  though they are sometimes the object of prayer
  and veneration.
• Christians believe in the trinity

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• All forms of prejudice can be both conscious
  (overt and intentional) and unconscious (tacit
  and based on assumptions and norms).

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Officer Richard Neil (retired)
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ANTI-BIAS

• An active commitment to challenging prejudice,
  stereotyping and all forms of discrimination.

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BIAS

• An inclination or preference either for or
  against an individual or group that interferes
  with impartial judgment.

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BIGOTRY

• An unreasonable or irrational attachment to
  negative stereotypes and prejudices.

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DIVERSITY

• Means different or varied. The population of the
  United States is made up of people from diverse
  races, cultures and places.

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MULTICULTURAL

• Means many or multiple cultures. The United
  States is multicultural because its population
  consists of people from many different cultures.

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PREJUDICE

• Prejudging or making a decision about a person or
  group of people without sufficient knowledge.
  Prejudicial thinking is frequently based on
  stereotypes.

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CULTURE

• The patterns of daily life learned consciously
  and unconsciously by a group of people. These
  patterns can be seen in language, governing
  practices, arts, customs, holiday
  celebrations, food, religion,
  dating rituals and clothing, to
  name a few.

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DISCRIMINATION

• The denial of justice and fair treatment by both
  individuals and institutions in many arenas,
  including employment, education, housing, banking
  and political rights. Discrimination is an action
  that can follow prejudicial
  thinking.