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Perspectives: Broken U.S. Police Culture and Lack of Police Temperament Explain Gates-Crowley Encounter

by Dr. Christopher C. Cooper , July 30, 2009

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The character of policing should change on the heels of the Cambridge, Mass., incident. Police academies need new curricula that emphasize problem solving and people skills. Moreover, this is a chance for politicians to legislate out impediments to positive police-citizen social interaction, such as the mirrored sunglasses and exterior bullet proof vests by example, and that the same legislators implement a rule of law that requires a police officer to reveal his\her name and badge number. That same legislation should bear criminal penalties for the officer who refuses to provide a badge and name. There is no such crime as “contempt of cop.”

A former police officer, Dr. Christopher C. Cooper is a professor, criminologist and civil rights attorney.



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