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CULTURAL AWARENESS

Presenter Course Name 
Course Code
Hours / Plan
Description
     
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
10495 SANTA MONICA BLVD.
LOS ANGELES 90025
(310) 446-8000
jmendelson@adl.org
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CULTURAL AWARENESS
7630-23260
16/IV

 

AN 8-16 HOUR VARIABLE FORMAT COURSE THAT PROMOTES THE CONCEPTS OF DIVERSITY. THE PROGRAM INCORPORATES EXPERIENTIAL EXERCISES SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE FEE FOR THE COURSE IS $70.00 PER DAY, NON-REIMBURSABLE (ADD $500.00 IF INSTRUCTO R TRAVEL IS INVOLVED). VARIABLE HOURS 8 OR 16.
     
     
COLLEGE OF THE REDWOODS-REDWOODS CENTER
7351 TOMPKINS HILL ROAD
EUREKA 95501
(707)476-4334
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CULTURAL AWARENESS
2960-23260
8/IV

 

DESIGNED TO TEACH OFFICERS HOW TO IDENTIFY THE LINK BETWEEN CULTURE AND BEHAVIOUR, RECOGNIZE THE INFLUENCES OF BELIEFS, VALUES AND NORMS IN INTERCULTURAL INTERACTION. DEFINE COMPONENTS OF CULTURALLY DIFFERENT PERCEPTIONS, RECOGNIZE CULTURAL PATTERNS, AN D IDENTIFY CULTURE SPECIFIC VARIATIONS OF SPEECH.
     
     
CONCORD POLICE DEPARTMENT
1350 GALINDO STREET
CONCORD 945202809
(925)671-3336
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CULTURAL AWARENESS
3040-23260
2/NA

 

APPROXIMATELY 20% OF THE CITY OF CONCORD POPULATION IS HISPANIC. WHILE THERE IS REGULAR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY, THE RELATIONSHIP CONTINUES TO SUFFER FROM LANGUAGE BARRIERS, CULTURAL DIFFERENCES, UNREPORTED CRIME, AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLASS IS TO CHALLENGE MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT AND MEMBERS OF THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY TO SUSPEND ASSUMPTIONS AND CONSIDER NEW PERSPECTIVES OF EACH OTHER. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH FACILITATED STU DENT DIALOGUE WITH A PANEL OF PERSONS FROM THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY.
     
     
VENTURA COUNTY CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING CENTER
425 DURLEY AVENUE
CAMARILLO 93010
(805)388-4419
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CULTURAL AWARENESS
2940-23260
8/IV

 

DESIGNED TO TEACH OFFICERS HOW TO IDENTIFY THE LINK BETWEEN CULTURE AND BEHAVIOUR, RECOGNIZE THE INFLUENCES OF BELIEFS, VALUES AND NORMS IN INTERCULTURAL INTERACTION. DEFINE COMPONENTS OF CULTURALLY DIFFERENT PERCEPTIONS, RECOGNIZE CULTURAL PATTERNS, AN D IDENTIFY CULTURE SPECIFIC VARIATIONS OF SPEECH.
     

 

 

 

 
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