New Jersey § 52:17b-77
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§ 52:17b-77.
a. The Department of Law and Public Safety shall develop or identify uniform cultural
diversity and implicit bias training course materials and an online tutorial that shall include instruction designed
to promote positive interaction with, and community outreach to, all residents within
a community, including residents of all racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds
and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals residing within the community. Components of the training course materials and online tutorial shall include, but
not be limited to, instruction on: (1) the various cultural communities and the effects of diversity on community relations
within a community; (2) appropriate methods by which an officer may interact with people of various cultures
and religions in the community, with an emphasis on officer safety skills and conflict
resolution techniques; (3) best practices in law enforcement techniques when analyzing and solving local
neighborhood problems, meeting with community groups, and working with citizens on
crime prevention programs; (4) the impact that police diversity skills have on overall law enforcement effectiveness ; and (5) understanding implicit bias and employing strategies to eliminate unconscious
biases that shape behavior and produce disparate treatment of individuals based on
their race, ethnicity, religious belief, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation,
socioeconomic status, or other characteristics . b. The Department of Law and Public Safety shall cause the training course materials
and online tutorial developed or identified pursuant to subsection a. of this section
to be made available to every State, county, and municipal law enforcement department
in the State and to each campus police department at an institution of higher education
in the State that appoints police officers pursuant to P.L.1970, c. 211 ( C.18A:6-4.2 et seq. ) for use in providing officer training and information promoting community outreach
efforts within the law enforcement department's community. c. The Department of Law and Public Safety shall periodically assess the training
course materials and online tutorial developed or identified pursuant to subsection
a. of this section and update them where the department finds appropriate.
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