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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and the Indy Public Safety Foundation on Tuesday formally announced the addition of “Interrupting Racism” training as part of the IMPD Training Academy curriculum for the 22nd Recruit Class.
Police officers say the two-day training, conducted last week, marked the police department’s next step in racial and cultural sensitivity training for new officers.
Katherine Cummings, the IMPD training commander, said, “We are looking for people who are young and eager to serve and want to see their community grow and thrive and be better.”
Indy Public Safety Foundation says the anti-racism workshop uses exercises designed to interrupt every day practices that result in racist outcomes. “We try and explain how we continue to uphold a racist system without making anyone feel guilty and we give knowledge as to how it’s happening,” said Jill English, director of Interrupting Racism