Police — they’re tasked with catching the bad guys. But these days, they’re also ordered to celebrate diversity. Coppers may not have asked Al Capone for his pronouns; but today, Mr./Ms./Mx. Capone would get hir/zir/xyr chance to be “seen.”
Relatedly, the North Carolina Department of Justice (NCDOJ) is eyeing an update to its standards for officer instruction. The state’s Justice Academy currently puts recruits through 16 weeks — 640 hours — of remaking, by way of Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET).
From the website:
[BLET] Curriculum is designed to prepare entry-level individuals with the cognitive and physical skills needed to become certified law enforcement officers in North Carolina. … The course is comprised of 36 separate blocks of instruction to include topics such as Firearms, Driver Training, Motor Vehicle Law, and Arrest, Search and Seizure. The BLET course is…
