A 1720 - Requires Cultural Diversity, Implicit Bias Training for Police - New Jersey Key Vote
Timeline
- Referred to Committee
- May 19, 2022
- House Bill Passed
- Feb. 28, 2022
- Introduced
- Jan. 11, 2022
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Title: Requires Cultural Diversity, Implicit Bias Training for Police
Title: Requires Cultural Diversity, Implicit Bias Training for Police
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that requires cultural diversity and implicit bias training for police.
Highlights:
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Requires the Police Training Commission, in consultation with the Department of Law and Public Safety, develop and implement a minimum qualification of cultural diversity and implicit bias training for police in their basic training course curriculum for officers (Sec. 1).
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Defines “implicit bias” as having attitudes towards people or associating steroptpes with them without conscious knowledge (Sec. 1).
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Specifies that this act will take effect 4 months after its passage and signage into law (Sec. 3).
Title: Requires Cultural Diversity, Implicit Bias Training for Police