In wake of 'stop-and-frisk,' NYPD unveils new training protocol -- includes: 'Be Patient'
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NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The New York Police Department unveiled new, "common-sense" training protocols aimed at improving relations with communities that feel alienated by the police stop-and-frisk practice.
The seven-step guidelines, announced Thursday by Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner William Bratton, are remarkably simple. Their advice -- "introduce yourself," ''keep an open mind," and "be patient" -- also urges officers to try to relate with people of different backgrounds who may speak different languages and to try to end every encounter on a positive note.
The goal is to improve the level of trust between police officers and the neighborhoods they patrol, which should lead to improved morale and a new willingness for civilians to cooperate with police and provide crime-stopping tips, de Blasio said.
"That partnership is invaluable, that partnership is irreplaceable, and that partnership is what we aim to create in every neighborhood," de Blasio said.
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