Q Minimizing use of force also involves confronting issues of the “culture” of policing. For example, traditional police culture has encouraged officers to think that their job involves going into a situation, immediately taking charge, and resolving it quickly. However, the best approach to certain situations, such as a person with mental illness who is behaving erratically, is usually to slow the situation down, so that the officer has more time to ask the person questions, establish a rapport, assess the situation call for additional resources such as a Crisis Intervention Team and a supervisor to respond, and formulate a plan for de-escalating the situation. Thus, changing the police response to certain situations requires changes in the culture, or the way of thinking, that is sometimes passed from one generation of officers to the next. In your opinion, what are the main challenged situations that police officers face that requires a new perspective of the police work? In which ways these situations require changes on the "culture of policing?" Based on class discussions and chapter 3 explain your answer (minimum of 400 words) and reply to at least two of your peers.

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