My partner and I are both cops but from different cultural backgrounds and we handle community interactions completely differently and it's starting to affect how we work together on patrol. When we respond to calls in neighborhoods that match his background versus mine, I can see how differently people react to us and we've never talked about what that means for how we do our job.
More people experience this than they realize.
Cultural differences between law enforcement partners create unspoken tensions about community engagement and patrol effectiveness.
“Where Are You with Policing across cultures?”
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