This document discusses diversity and inclusion in law enforcement. It defines diversity as going beyond physical appearance to include communication styles, abilities, thinking styles, skills, race, sex, religion and more. Inclusion is achieved through trust, openness, worth, curiosity and respect. The advantages of diversity are listed as adaptability, new perspectives, broader community services, better performance, and inspiration among officers. Challenges can include language barriers, conflicts over ideas, and management difficulties. Unconscious bias and understanding fellow officers are discussed as ways to improve effectiveness.

1. Understanding the world through someone else's eyes...
I’m Not Like You

2. What’s Coming
Up ? Diversity and Inclusion
Overview

3. Diversity
and
Inclusion
Diversity is much more than our
appearance, that’s why it is so
important.
Inclusion is only achieved when
there is an environment of trust,
openness, worth, curiosity,
respect and more.

4. Diversity
Dimensions
● Communication Style
● Analytical Abilities
● Intellectual Abilities
● Thinking Style
● Interpersonal skills
● Race
● Sex
● Religion

5. Advantages
● Easy to adapt to different situations
quickly
● More points of view
● Broadens service range in your
community
● Greater execution of duties
● Inspired officers
● More officers

6. Disadvantages
● Language
● Too many ideas
● More conflict
● Can create management
challenges

7. I’m not like you?

8. Unconscious Bias
Unaware of bias toward certain people or symbols

9. To Kill a MockingBird

10. Can we talk?
What do you know about your fellow
officers/deputies? Those you trust your life
to for backup? How could knowing your
fellow deputies/officers help you all be
more effective?