Police Get Bias Training

The Town of Jackson Police Department hosted a training session this week entitled “Understanding Implicit Bias.” The course was taught by an FBI Special Agent for 25 years.  The contents of the course included such topics as arguments on why experience can lead to more implicit biases which is an assessment of how implicit bias can affect decision making. Case studies were presented that identified ways implicit bias can affect the law enforcement professional’s behavior and ways to evaluate how implicit biases facilitate false confessions and erroneous convictions.  Other topics included defining confirmation basis and how it relates to officer behavior. The objective of the course was to give personnel effective tools to mitigate the effects of such bias.  When officers learn how to interrupt their implicit biases it will help to ensure that they remain as objective as possible when engaging with others, conducting investigations, and reporting findings. Agencies and departments that attended this training included the Town of Jackson Police Department, Teton County Sheriff’s Office, Grand Teton National Park, Teton County and Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, Town of Jackson Facilities, Town of Jackson Administration, Town of Jackson Public Works as well as the Community Foundation of Jackson Hole and other community members at large.
 




 

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